Belarus’s main opposition leader is to have talks in Vienna next week with EU president Austria, keeping up Western pressure on President Alexander Lukashenko over a disputed presidential election. Alexander Milinkevich came a distant second to Lukashenko in the March 19 vote which was judged unfair by Western observers and triggered protests against Lukashenko’s rule that were unprecedented in the tightly-controlled ex-Soviet state. Milinkevich said on Friday he would use a meeting with Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel on Monday to enlist the European Union’s support for his cause. Full Story
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