George Bush met with Belarusian democrats

A meeting between the US president and the delegation of the Belarusian opposition took place on 6 December. The talks with George Bush lasted for an hour Instead of 40 scheduled minutes. “Taking into consideration the significance of the meeting and time limit, it was difficult to choose topics of top priority. But the president starts up a discussion, he asked concrete questions, and demonstrated his good familiarity with the Belarusian situation. He said: imagine you are Bush and what you can do for Belarus,” Alyaksandr Milinkevich, head of the Belarusian delegate, leader of the “For Freedom” movement, said.
Alyaksandr Milinkevich said the talk with George Bush was meaningful and businesslike. After the talk the US president showed his cabinet to the Belarusian delegation.
The US Ambassador to Belarus Karen Stuart was also present at the meeting in the White House.
The Belarusian delegation included Alyaksandr Milinkevich, leader of the “For Freedom” movement; Anatol Lyabedzka, head of the United Civic Party; youth leader Paval Sevyarynets; Syargey Kalyakin, leader of the Belarusian Party of Communists; Anatol Lyaukovich, deputy head of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Gramada); Zmitser Fedaruk, one of the Young Front leaders; and former political prisoner Enira Branitskaya.