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Lukashenko condemns foreign interference in Belarus

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MINISK, April 8 (RIA Novosti) - During his inauguration ceremony in Minsk, reelected president Alexander Lukashenko pledged to provide security to Belarusians, and condemned foreign interference in the country's politics.

Lukashenko said, "Recent events have shown that there are people who want to humiliate our country and turn it into another testing ground for 'color revolutions'."

The European Union announced that it would impose sanctions against the country's leaders on March 24 over a presidential election it condemned as flawed.

The president said the country's neighbors who have recently joined the EU are on a crusade against Belarus. However, neither the authorities or the population are looking for a revolution.

Belarus is ready to hold even-sided dialogue with all countries, Lukashenko said. He also thanked Russia for its support of Belarus in the international arena.

Alexander Lukashenko, who Washington has dubbed "Europe's last dictator", was reelected to a third term in the March 19 election with a massive 83% of the vote.

The Belarusian opposition denounced the elections as fraudulent, and staged a sit-in protest on central Oktyabrskaya Square in the capital, Minsk. The rally was broken up after a few days, as was a demonstration March 25 that saw hundreds arrested and, the opposition alleges, left at least one protestor dead.

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