Lukashenko Explained Unwillingness to Recognize the Independence of Abkhazia

Former NATO Secretary General Javier Solana threatened President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko with international isolation if he recognized the independence of Abkhazia, said еhe Belarusian leader at the meeting with journalists in Minsk on March, 1. “I was ready to sign a recognition decree of Abkhazia. But what will happen tomorrow? To me, to the dictator, Javier Solana came”, RIA Novosti quotes Lukashenko as saying. The President of Belarus noted that after a long conversation, the Secretary General “honestly and frankly” put forward an ultimatum to him and threatened to disconnect the country from the international banking system if Abkhazia was recognized. According to Lukashenko, he discussed the current situation with the then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, but the parties did not reach a common opinion. Source: iz.ru