The Foreign ministry does not comment on visits by individuals. We assume that there is even less point in such meetings after the polls than there was ahead of the election.

We have repeatedly stated to our European partners that restrictive policy toward Belarus is groundless, far- fetched and useless. Real understanding and constructive cooperation are obviously reached through dialogue, but not imposed with sanctions.

We told our European partners that their policy towards Belarus is groundless and useless.

The European Parliament is making laughable calls on deeming the elections illegitimate.

The elections in Belarus do not require external recognition or non-recognition. In this situation, the attempt to hand down a verdict is unfounded.

The goal of these so-called 'observers' is to provoke conflict situations during the election campaign and destabilize the situation in the country.