The authors of the document condemn the use of violence against participants in peaceful meetings.
Head of the delegation of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Member of Parliament from the ruling Servant of the People parliamentary faction Liza Yasko says she has initiated a statement on the current events in Belarus.
"I've initiated the Belarusian Declaration, a document where we assess the events in the neighboring country and offer a way out of the current situation," she said on Facebook, sharing the text of the document on her page.
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Yasko noted that the statement had been supported by the majority of the members of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE. Also, she added, the document was signed by Chairperson of the Estonian delegation to PACE Maria Jufereva-Skuratovski, her counterparts Inese Lībiņa-Egnere of Latvia, Algirdas Butkevičius of Lithuania, and Roger Gale of Great Britain.
The signatories state that the campaign for the presidential elections in Belarus, voting on August 9 and the counting of votes do not meet international electoral standards, took place with massive violations of the rights and freedoms of citizens and do not show the free expression of the will of the Belarusian people.
The authors of the document condemn the use of violence against participants in peaceful meetings, call on the authorities to immediately release all detainees and will welcome an independent investigation into the misuse of force against protesters.
They also insist a peaceful dialogue between all parties to the electoral process should begin as soon as possible and they express their readiness to "facilitate the dialogue between the participants in the electoral process and provide a platform for such negotiations."
The Russian Federation has been warned against meddling in the internal affairs of Belarus.