The foreign minister of Belarus, Uladzimir Makei, died on 26 November at the age of 64. He was one of the officials closest to Lukashenka and worked in senior state positions for more than 15 years. Makei became foreign minister in 2012, a time at which relations between Belarus and the European Union were in a deep crisis following the rigged 2010 presidential election and the sanctions the EU subsequently imposed on the Belarusian authorities for human rights violations – including on Makei himself. However, just two and a half years later, his boss Aliaksandr Lukashenka was already welcoming Angela Merkel and François Hollande to Minsk. A year after that, the EU lifted most of the sanctions. This was an undoubted diplomatic success led by the now-deceased minister.
Bielorussia, dopo la morte di Uladzimir Makei, Lukashenka ha tre opzioni possibili (Pavel Slunkin, ECFR)
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