The Alliance notes that so far there are no political preconditions for closer cooperation with Belarus.
Free and fair elections would become a strong foundation for reconsideration of the realtions with Belarus by the NATO countries. It has been stated by the NATO spokesperson James Appathurai, the European Radio for Belarus informs.
"It is obvious that free and fair presidential elections will be an important litmus paper test for further relations bween NATO and Belarus. NATO will positively assess the polls if recognized by international observers", the NATO representative noted.
James Apparthurai also noted there were no political preconditions for closer ties between Belarus and the bloc.
"I have worked at NATO for a quite a long time and have seen difficult moments in relations between NATO and Belarus. Now, the relations are better a bit than we saw before. The sides need to have closer relations. There also should be political preconditions. So far, they are not there. The situation has not changed significantly and I do not forsee fast changes. This is not a technical but a political issue", he said.
We remind that in te autumn of 2009, Belarus and Russia held the biggest joint military exercise since the 'Cold War' times. The NATO representative said when meeting a delegation from Belarus in Brussels on May 28 that the drills "did not meet the spirit of partnership".
Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus
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