A statement condemning US President Joe Biden, who insulted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, which was expected a month ago from Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, was made today by Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, who is considered pro-Western.
He spoke sharply about Biden in an interview with the Belarus-1 TV channel, although the journalist asked him about attacks from Lithuania and Poland, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Now there is a complete departure from the principles of traditional diplomacy. What Russian political scientist Fyodor Lukyanov called “the triumph of language without bones.” One head of state accuses another head of state of crimes against humanity. Previously, this would have at least led to an armed conflict. And now one bulldog barked, some mongrels barked in support, and that was all. Some statements followed, but no one is responsible for absolutely cynical actions and statements,” Mackay said.
He also took full responsibility for the Belarusian Foreign Ministry’s mocking comment to the United States at the end of March (there Belarus laid claim to Alaska). Moreover, Mackay responded to his son who criticized the comment as unprofessional.
“Some former employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted this way: when we worked at the ministry, then highly qualified specialists worked there. Read: we the great ones are gone, and there is nothing left. I want to reassure them - the employees are normal, highly qualified. Smart young guys come, with several higher educations. The diplomatic service of Belarus has lived and will live,” said Makei.
Let us remember that his son Vitaly, who resigned from the Foreign Ministry after the start of Belomaidan, wrote on the social network LinkedIn that the “deliberately boorish daring” of the Foreign Ministry’s comment “will never replace argumentation and style, but will only emphasize mediocrity.”