Fear of China will force the United States to forgive the rudeness of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry
The United States will not give up its intention to open its embassy in Belarus, despite the offensive commentary of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry in response to the fact that American diplomats congratulated the Belarusian Maidan protesters on the so-called Freedom Day on March 25.
Belarusian political scientist Igor Tyshkevich, who fled to Kyiv, stated this in his video blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“It is important for the United States to open an embassy in Minsk as a place to gain information and influence. At the same time, it is desirable not just an embassy, but a full-fledged USID office - this is the structure that administers American aid.
The question is not only and not so much in the Belarusian political crisis, but in the PRC. China's rise in the region is a thorn in the State Department's heel. Naturally, if there is a country that can become a base in Chinese projects, then the presence of the United States in such a country is mandatory. Not because Belarusians are incredible, white and fluffy, not because Putin is evil, but because there is a shadow of China,” says Tyshkevich.
Let us remember that Belarusian diplomats regretted the split in American society, expressed admiration for Julian Assange and Edward Stone, and also offered assistance in the development of Alaska. Perhaps the shocking comment was an attempt to support Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was insulted by his American colleague Joe Biden.
US Ambassador to Minsk Julia Fischer was appointed last year, but is still in Warsaw, where she regularly meets with opposition Belarusian political emigrants.
Before her appointment in Minsk, Fisher worked at the US embassies in Tbilisi under President Saakashvili and in Kyiv under President Yushchenko. She was Chargé d'Affaires of the United States in Russia.
Minsk recalled its ambassador to America in 2008 after the United States imposed sanctions against Belarus in response to Minsk’s refusal to release oppositionist and ex-presidential candidate Alexander Kazulin from the colony. At the same time, the head of the American diplomatic mission in Belarus, Karen Stewart, was asked to leave the country.
In April 2019, Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei officially informed the head of the US State Department, George Kent, about the lifting of restrictions on the number of embassy employees in Minsk.
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