The U.S. refused to recognize the election results in Belarus

The U.S. refused to accept the results of presidential elections in Belarus. Voting was the first chance for Lukashenko to demonstrate willingness to carry out an agreement with the United States, concluded in early December. As suggested by the American press, Lukashenko, after yet another successful attempt to push Russia and the West should seek support in Moscow. Washington refused to recognize the legitimate victory of Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential elections in Belarus. U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley on Monday evening condemned the violence and the use of excessive force against opposition representatives on election day in Belarus and immediately demanded the release of all detainees. ... We can not regard the vote as legitimate, ... A small group of opposition activists tried to December 21 to hold another rally in Minsk Source AFP In a similar assessment took place in Belarus, the vote was made and the White House. ... We regret that, as demonstrated by evaluation of the OSCE observer mission, little progress in the political environment before the election did not lead to free and fair vote and transparent vote counting, ... In Washington, also condemned the use of ... In addition, the White House expressed concern about restrictions on freedom of access to information in Belarus, paying attention to the blocking of access to Internet blogs after the vote. Law enforcement bodies reported that after a warning from the police, they left their attempts and razoshlis Source AFP In addition, the administration of President Barack Obama recalled the commitments that Belarus has undertaken not long. ... However, acts committed in the past 24 hours, are clearly a step backwards in matters that are central to our relations with Belarus, ... Opposition rally in Independence Square December 19. Paddy with riot police arrived to the house of government. The footage from the microphone - the presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov. More videos - in the Advanced Materials Source Charter 97 Minsk joined Washington in the struggle for nuclear-free world It is a statement signed by the results of the meeting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Martynov in the framework of the OSCE summit in Astana. Then, Belarus announced that it is ready to eliminate all stocks of highly enriched uranium for the next summit on nuclear security in 2012. In response, the U.S. pledged to provide technical and financial support for early implementation of these measures. The decision of Minsk was important for the Obama administration, which since the election lobbied for improving global security, says Voice of America. Belarus Ready to get rid of highly enriched uranium to the United States was estimated as the solidarity of Minsk and Washington in the struggle for nuclear nonproliferation. Under the terms of the agreement, Belarus must convert its nuclear facilities to operate on low-enriched uranium, which is a safer, more efficient and cheaper type of fuel than the highly enriched uranium. Besides low-enriched uranium can be used for the appearance of weapons, and therefore it has no value to terrorists. Another purpose of the agreement with the United States called that it would allow Belarus to become less dependent on natural gas supplies from Russia. The European Parliament demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko has stopped beating opposition members of law enforcement source AP in the agreement has also been affected by one of the most important issues with respect to 2 countries. Support improvement of bilateral relations was called improving respect for democracy and human rights in Belarus.