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Lukashenko draws parallel between presidential elections in USA, Venezuela

MINSK, 16 December (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko compared the presidential elections in the United States and Venezuela in an interview with the U.S. media company Newsmax, BelTA has learned.

One of the questions to the head of state concerned the relations between Venezuela and the United States. The conversation addressed, among other things, the USA’s refusal to recognize the outcome of Venezuela’s presidential election, which resulted in a victory for Nicolas Maduro.

Regarding this, Aleksandr Lukashenko noted a certain similarity between what happened in the United States and Venezuela during the presidential elections. “It’s just like in the USA there: a 50/50 situation, with Maduro having a slight edge. If you want all Venezuelans to rally around Maduro (Americans probably don’t want that, and Trump doesn’t either), then you will start a war against Venezuela. This must not be done under any circumstances,” the head of state believes.

The president noted that he does not see any particular problem with the United States not recognizing the voting results in one country or another. “The USA did not recognize the results of the elections not only in Venezuela. Under [former U.S. President Joe] Biden, you didn’t recognize elections anywhere,” said the Belarusian leader.

“The fact that you did not recognize the elections in Venezuela – well, so be it. Venezuela didn’t hold elections for the Americans. Venezuelans held elections for their own people, for themselves. And the results are known. There are no other results. Did you count the votes there instead of the Central Election Commission? No, you didn’t,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

In this context, he recalled how the U.S. presidential election campaign unfolded in 2020. At that time, Donald Trump and Joe Biden vied for the U.S. presidency, and the election process was accompanied by numerous scandals and violations, including in the vote count.

“Well, it’s not for Americans to count votes in Venezuela. Remember when Trump, as we say, was dumped, toppled in the last election? You found ballots under fences there. You had voting by mail,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “It was your elections that were completely falsified when Biden won and Trump was cast aside. Isn’t it true? Today Americans, with such electoral baggage, did not recognize the elections in Venezuela, in Belarus, or elsewhere. Fine, whatever. You didn’t recognize them, your prerogative.”

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