Spilevskaya: Belarus always supports normalization of relations with neighbouring countries

On the air of the program "Editors Club" on the TV channel "Belarus 1" the possibility of normalizing relations between Belarus and Poland was discussed. It's from sb.by.

On September 22, Foreign Ministers of Belarus and Poland Maxim Ryzhenkov and Radoslaw Sikorski met on the sidelines of the high-level segment of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The head of the Polish foreign Ministry called the meeting a “breakthrough”, announced plans to open a new building of the Polish Embassy in Minsk. Speaking about the prospects of normalizing relations with Belarus, he said: “It’s like a snowdrop that can bloom if the weather is favorable.”.

Commenting on the situation, political scientist Petr Petrovsky noted:

- Poland, especially after 2020, was used as a tool against us. But, as it turns out, I also want to eat. Poland does not want to be a blind alley of the European Union, nor does it want to lose money for transit. In parallel with some kind of dialogue between Minsk and Warsaw, the former Polish leadership is beginning to tell what their country really faced after 2022.

The guest of the programme emphasized:

- We see the pragmatic interest of Poland. The United States began to say that it is necessary to buy Belarusian potash and normalize relations. Poland is right here. Why? Who's gonna make the transit? Who's going to make money out of it?

Olga Shpilevskaya, Chairman of the Belarusian Women’s Union, Director of the Mir Representative Office in Belarus, agreed that Poland’s rhetoric largely depends on the US position:

- I think Poland has always been the representation of the United States of America in the European Union. Therefore, the heads of the representative office act as the board of directors in the United States decides.

At the same time, she stressed that Belarus is always open to constructive dialogue and stands for establishing relations with neighboring countries

- Of course, we are in favor of normalizing relations with all our neighbors. We have never said otherwise, our president has never said otherwise. We want to build good relations with all our neighbors. Our neighbors are God’s, we don’t choose them. The results of a large-scale sociological study confirmed this position. Our people talk about relations with Poland and Lithuania, despite some moments and nuances.