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Today in Vilnius representatives of Belarusian opposition and civil
society took part in consultation with US Secretary of State
Condoleeza Rice and European Union High Representative for the Common
Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. Foreign Minister of
Lithuania Antanas Valionis has taken part in the meeting as well. As
the press center of the Charter'97 was informed by one of the
participants of the talks, Svetlana Zavadskaya, our delegation has
managed to get across to other participants the information about the
developments in Belarus, has informed about their understanding of
the situation ion the country. Zavadskaya stressed that the
evaluation of the Belarusian problem of the sides had agreed.

During the meeting Condoleeza Rice expressed hope for the unity of
the Belarusian civil society. As said by her, the issues of the
disappeared oppositional politicians and public figures in Belarus,
free press and printed word has never been more acute. She also said
that no government could be forgiven for vote rigging.

Mr. Solana expressed concern about the situation in Belarus and re-
assured that the EU is closely following the developments in Belarus.
He stressed the importance of the opposition and civil society
uniting, especially in view of next year`s presidential elections.
The High Representative also reiterated the EU`s support for the
democracy process in Belarus.

The Belarusian side was represented by a member of the Council of
Civil Initiatives "Free Belarus" Dzmitry Barodka, one of the leaders
of civil initiative "We Remember" Svetlana Zavadskaya, a well-known
Belarusian human rights activist, representative of the Belarusian
Helsinki Committee Harry Pahanyajla, deputy editor of the "Narodnaya
Volya" newspaper Svetlana Kalinkina, Head of the European Humanities
University Anatoliy Mikhailov, deputy Chairman of the United Civil
Party Alexander Dobrovolski, one of the leaders of women movement
Ludmila Petina.

As said by Svetlana Zavadskaya, the Belarusian delegation acted as
one united front at the talks. The delegation has informed Ms. Rice,
Mr. Solana and Mr. Valionis about the situation in Belarus. The wide
diversity of participants allowed showing the most comprehensive
picture of the struggle of the civil society with the current regime.

"At the meeting I have realized that our vision of the Belarusian
problem to a large extent coincides with the vision of Ms. Rice,"
told Svetlana Zavadskaya. "I am satisfied with that, and I hope that
it would be helpful for our future work and cooperation".

After the high-profile meeting the Belarusian delegation held a news
conference and answered the questions of foreign journalists,
representatives of the leading world TV channels, radio stations and
newspapers, who accompanied Condoleeza Rice in her trip to Russia and
Eastern European countries.