The European Union announced on Thursday 24 September, in a statement by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, that it does not recognise Alexander Lukashenko as President of Belarus for a new term.
On the previous day, Mr Lukashenko was inaugurated as President of Belarus for a sixth term in a secret ceremony.
Recalling that the EU does not recognise the “falsified results” of the 9 August presidential election, which was, in his...