“Today the prime minister will send official invitations for a meeting on Wednesday, of which the main topic will be the situation in Belarus,” said Michał Dworczyk, head of the Polish Prime Minister’s Office.
“We would like to talk with the representatives of other parties about further steps, as there is no doubt that this extraordinary situation in Belarus will not end soon,” Dworczyk said.
More than 100,000 people gathered in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday for an opposition rally in spite of long-ruling leader Alexander Lukashenko's warning that "the toughest measures" would be employed to crack down on "illegal protests," news agencies have reported.
Sunday's demonstration was the latest in a series of mass gatherings in Belarus held to protest Lukashenko's claim to a sixth term as president in an election widely dismissed as rigged.
“For the first time in Belarus there are demonstrations not by opposition parties or groups. These are Belarusians demonstrating, who want to live in a free country and have the right to a democratic election,” Dworczyk added.
(jh/pk)
Source: PAP