AP Interview: Ex-official urges transition talks in Belarus
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MINSK, Belarus (AP) — As a former culture minister and ambassador to France, Pavel Latushko is the most well-connected member of a new council established by the political opposition in Belarus to facilitate a transition of power amid massive protests challenging the continued rule of the country’s authoritarian five-term president.Defying the government he previously served has earned Latushko threats. But the dapper 47-year-old ex-diplomat appears uncowed.Latushko, once an associate of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and a member of the political elite, rejects accusations that the Coordination Council is plotting to overthrow the leader of 26 years, arguing that the group is seeking dialogue between the government and protesters.“There is no other way,” Latushko told The Associated Press in an interview.
As said here by YURAS KARMANAU