_________________________________________________ From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=299622§ion=CIS Belarusian Pro-Lukashenko Lawmaker Brands OSCE As 'Throwback to the Cold War' MINSK, Feb 28, 2001 -- (RFE/RL) Alyaksandr Shpileuski, deputy chairman of the commission for international affairs in the Chamber of Representatives, said on 26 February that Belarus "has been actually devoid of its legal right to develop relations with European structures," Belapan reported. Shpileuski was commenting on last week's sitting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Permanent Committee that did not grant membership in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to the Chamber of Representatives. Shpileuski said the OSCE is a "throwback to the Cold War," adding that it is today a "body for exerting pressure on Russia." Shpileuski believes Belarus's official legislature is discriminated against by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly because Minsk is building a union state with Moscow. The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly did not recognize last year's elections to Belarus's Chamber of Representatives as democratic and fair. Copyright (c) 2001 RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio FreeEurope/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
