MINSK, 27 September (BelTA) – Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov proposed to install an analogue of a new Berlin Wall near the UN headquarters as he addressed the plenary meeting of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on 27 September, BelTA has learned.
The minister noted that a piece of the Berlin Wall is installed near the UN building as a trophy of civil rights. It reads: 155 kilometers and 200 victims during its existence.
“Today, a much larger wall stretching thousands of kilometers is being erected on the EU border with Russia and Belarus – from Finland to Poland. And there have already been hundreds of victims along this wall since construction began. Hundreds of innocent migrants from the southern countries who, seeking a better life, strive to reach the EU, which previously destroyed the familiar way of life in their countries. If we all together in the UN cannot prevent the construction of this wall, let us at least reserve a spot where we will later place a piece of this wall. When the relevant countries finally come to their senses and say that such a wall is no longer needed. We will display its length and the number of people who died there. And we will say that this is a trophy to freedom of movement,” Maxim Ryzhenkov stated.
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