2 November, Minsk /Vladimir Matveev - BELTA/. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko assures that elections in Belarus will be held according to the most democratic standards. He stated this today at a meeting with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Germany and Poland, a BELTA correspondent reports. "I know there is a common opinion: let's wait until the elections. In this regard, I want to say - these are not the first or the last elections for us. And I don't just want to tell you about this, but I want to assure you, since you are brave people, you risked coming to us on the eve of the elections - not everyone will dare to do this, that our elections will go smoothly," said Alexander Lukashenko. "As the current President, on behalf of the authorities, I want to promise, and I have already said this many times to all people in Belarus, and I want to assure you that the elections will be held according to the most democratic standards. We have no need to hold non-transparent elections that will be questioned by the world community." "At least, as of today, all those who wish to visit our country from any country in the world before the elections, during the elections, representatives of international organizations have received the widest access to Belarusian society. Those who wish are in our state today. We will continue to follow this line," the Belarusian leader noted. He also stressed that "the legitimacy of the elections is more important for us today than for anyone else on this planet." "First of all, we are interested in ensuring that our elections are absolutely legitimate, so that there are no questions for us afterwards," added Alexander Lukashenko.-0-

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