Glen Howard: The West wants Belarus to be a Slavonic Switzerland

Glen Howard

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      The West wants Belarus to be a Slavonic Switzerland, President of the Jamestown Foundation (the United States) Glen Howard said in an interview to the Belarus One TV channel. According to him, Belarus is playing an important role in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, in the signing of a ceasefire agreement in southeast Ukraine. Belarus, the same as Switzerland, has become a neutral platform for negotiations. «You also remain a very important economic partner for both Russia and the West. Your strategic role continues gaining significance,” Glen Howard said. “There are big hopes that you will remain a neutral state. You can develop relations both with Russia and the West.
       Belarus has been actively advancing peace ideas, and Minsk may become a new Geneva and be a venue to meet and address problems,” the political analyst said.