Criticized President Alexander Lukashenko Belarus EU politicians who have threatened to impose further sanctions him and said, "to be a dictator is better than to be gay" in payback for what appears on German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who he described as "the last dictator in Europe."
Westerwelle and is the first openly gay minister in Germany.
He called on EU leaders at a summit held in Brussels on Friday to take new measures to put pressure on Lukashenko, who has been president since 1994 because of accusations of alleged human rights.
The news agency Beta reported Lukashenko said that Belarus will show a strong reaction to any sanctions.
The agency quoted him as saying, "This is absolutely hysterical.
"As you can see In the foreground there are two types of politicians .. kind of live in Warsaw and another in Berlin.
"And anyone who screaming from dictatorship there .. when I hear it say .. to be a dictator is better than to be gay."
EU leaders said that any new sanctions would have to target officials in Belarus for human rights violations and repression of civil society as well as those who support Lukashenko government or benefiting from them.
Poland and played a direct neighbor of Belarus a prominent role in the formulation of EU policy towards Minsk and are often criticized from Belarus because of doing so.
Source: Reuters
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