Putin: Interfering in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova’s Affairs Is Unacceptable

Attempts to impose certain decisions on Belarus, Kyrgyzstan or Moldova from the outside are unacceptable, these countries should be able to independently understand the situation. This opinion expressed Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking on Tuesday at the SCO summit via videoconference, tass.ru reported. “We consider it unacceptable for someone from outside to impose certain decisions on the Belarusian people,” the Russian leader said, adding that “the Belarusians should be allowed to calmly sort things out themselves and take the necessary steps.” "The same fully applies to the recent events in Kyrgyzstan and to the unfolding internal political struggle in Moldova," Putin stressed. Speaking about Belarus, which is an observer in the SCO, the President of the Russian Federation noted that this country was "under attack from external forces." “After the presidential elections in the country, our Belarusian friends are experiencing unprecedented pressure, resisting sanctions and provocations, information and propaganda war unleashed against them,” the Russian head of state said. On the whole, he described as an undisguised challenge to common security "the increasingly frequent attempts of direct interference from outside in the internal affairs of the states participating in the SCO's activities." "We are talking about a gross violation of sovereignty, the desire to split society, change the vector of development of the state, break the centuries-old political, economic and humanitarian ties that have already taken shape," Putin said.