Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has postponed a deliberate discuss with to Minsk following the loss of life of his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei, in step with Russian media experiences quoting the overseas ministry.
Belarus’s state information company Belta reported on Saturday that the long-standing overseas minister and affiliate of authoritarian chief Alexander Lukashenko had died all at once. The reason behind loss of life wasn’t given and Makei wasn’t recognized to be afflicted by any continual sickness.
Makei, 64, used to be because of meet Lavrov on Monday. Last week he attended a convention of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) — an army alliance of a number of put up soviet states — in Yerevan.
Before the debatable presidential elections in Belarus in 2020 — which have been extensively noticed as rigged and caused mass anti-government protests — Makei have been one of the most initiators of efforts to enhance Belarus’ members of the family with the West and had criticised Russia.
However, he all of a sudden modified his stance after the beginning of the protests, pronouncing they have been impressed by means of brokers of the West.
Exiled opposition chief Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, commenting at the minister’s loss of life referred to as Makei a traitor to the Belarusian other people.
“In 2020, Makei betrayed the Belarusian people and supported tyranny. This is how the Belarusian people will remember him,” Tsikhanouskaya stated on Twitter.
A couple of days prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started in February, Makei promised there can be no assault on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. The access of Russian troops into Ukraine proved that he used to be improper.
A supporter of shut ties between Moscow and Minsk, Makei stated the West had provoked the struggle and that the Ukrainian government must comply with the Russian phrases of peace.
In September, he defended Belarus’ place to the United Nations Security Council, rejecting claims that his nation used to be an “accomplice to the agressor” or a celebration to the struggle.
Lukashenko, who beaten the protests of 2020 and retained energy in Belarus, presented his condolences to Makei’s circle of relatives, in step with the presidential place of job.
In Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that ministry officers have been surprised by means of the scoop of Makei’s loss of life.
