LUKASHENKO SEES WEST AS KEY TO SOLVING BELARUSIAN CRISIS.

BelarusianPresident Aleksandr Lukashenko said that "if the West keepsits promises and pursues a stable policy toward Belarus, we willbe able to get out of our crisis much more quickly," Interfaxreported July 28. In other comments, Lukashenko said that hiscountry’s independence was the best basis for unity within theCommonwealth of Independent States.

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