Both the Serbian and Belarusian ministries of information claim that Gnjot was not the topic of conversation between the two ministers, but cooperation with Telekom, which was held immediately after the Court of Appeal in Belgrade decided on the extradition of activist and journalist Andrej Gnjot to that country.
As reported by the Voice of America (VOA), Minister of Information and Telecommunications Dejan Ristic was on a two-day visit to Belarus, immediately after the Court of Appeal in Belgrade decided on the extradition of activist and journalist Andrej Gnjot to that country.
Both the Serbian and Belarusian ministries of information claim that Gnjot was not the topic of their conversation.
According to the Belarusian ministry, the reason for the visit was possible cooperation in the field of telecommunications.
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications of Serbia stated, among other things, that the Belarusian side has expressed interest in the public company Beltelecom for establishing cooperation with Telekom Srbija.
According to the data of international observers, Belarus leads in Europe and the world in terms of the number of arrested and detained journalists. More than 30 of them were detained and sentenced to prison terms.
Kiril Sukhotski, a journalist of the Russian VoA service, sees the closer cooperation of the Serbian authorities with the regime in Belarus as a warning that Serbia is not the safest destination for Belarusian citizens seeking refuge from persecution.
"The message is clearly addressed to the people who had to leave Belarus and seek refuge in Europe - that Serbia may not be such a safe refuge," believes Sukhotski.
He recalls the numerous Belarusians and Russians who left their countries due to repression - after the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
"Many of them are in Belgrade and this could be a message for them that they could be delivered to Belarus or Russia and this should cause an alarm in their circles in Serbia," concludes Sukhotski.
President of the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) Željko Bodrožić indicates for Voice of America that Dejan Ristic's visit to Belarus sends a very bad message to the public.
"If the minister had contacts with the countries of the European Union and visited them first, then you can say that he can be allowed to visit countries that cannot boast of freedom of information, human rights and democracy," he said. Bodrozic.
He also believes that the visit was organized at, as he says, the wrong time.
"It is stated that this visit is in the field of telecommunications, but again as the Minister of Information in a country in transition, which is very poorly listed on world and European lists for freedom of the press, and considering the official determination of the Government of Serbia that it wants to stay on the European path, this is a completely wrong decision, completely wrong timing... The minister, after a bad start to his mandate, is going to Belarus for consultations. This can only make us worry that it will be even worse when it comes to Minister Ristić", concludes Željko Bodrožić.
Source: VoA
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