EU Lawmakers Blast Belarus, Russia The Associated Press
STRASBOURG, France -- The European Parliament urged EU governments on Thursday not to recognize Alexander Lukashenko as Belarussian president and called for travel bans on representatives of local, regional and national authorities involved in human rights violations in the country.
In a strongly worded resolution, EU lawmakers also slammed President Vladimir Putin and the State Duma for welcoming Lukashenko's re-election in the March presidential vote.
"The effectiveness of EU policies toward Belarus is undermined by the irresponsible attitude of the Moscow authorities, who are lending decisive support to the last dictatorship in Europe," said the nonbinding resolution, which is used as a form of political pressure on EU governments before an April 10-11 meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg, where Belarus will be discussed.
Belarus' Foreign Ministry on Thursday dismissed Western criticism the elections as "laughable."
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