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Aug. 9, 2004
BELARUS CALLS ON EU TO REVISE OLYMPIC BAN ON SPORTS MINISTER



The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has called on the European Union "to immediately revise the decisions regarding the head of the Belarusian delegation to Athens and give up the policy of pressure and blackmail regarding the Republic of Belarus," BelaPAN reported on 6 August, quoting ministry spokesman Ruslan Yesin. Yesin was referring to a ban on Belarusian Sports Minister Yury Sivakou from entering Greece for this month's Olympic Games that was agreed to by all EU members and is based on Sivakou's alleged involvement in the disappearance of three opposition politicians and a journalist in Belarus. The current Dutch EU Presidency said on 6 August that Sivakou's presence in Athens would be "completely inappropriate." Meanwhile, Sivakou is reportedly planning to ignore the ban and go to Athens at the head of the Belarusian delegation of athletes.


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