Belarus asks EU for ‘patience’

26th February 2010

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The Belarusian ambassador to the EU has called for the union to back off in a row over the country’s ethnic Polish minority.

Vladimir Senko, made the remarks in an open letter to the media entitled: “EU is concerned, but Belarus asks for patience.”

He stated that Polish ‘official bodies’ have given the EU a “perverted interpretation of the situation” citing an unspecified ‘recent’ survey in which 97 percent of Poles in Belarus had said they “do not consider themselves to be discriminated or prejudiced against.”