The Belarusian ruler kept everyone waiting for him in Bishkek.
But no one hoped he would arrive, Kommersant writes.
A summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) was held yesterday in the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Media turned attention to the absence of some supposed participants.
Vladimir Putin landed in Bishkek among the last at 6 a.m. (instead of planned 3:40). It's strange that he was among the first to arrive at the residence of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev.
A kind of a yurt was put up on the lawn so that summit participants could comfortably wait for the rest.
The yurt was unnecessary: the talks began soon. Two heads of state were so late that they didn't come. The summit participants didn't wait for the heads of Armenia and Belarus. Vladimir Putin, Emomali Rakhmon, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Almazbek Atambayev posed for a group photo. The ceremony didn't look solemn. Journalists noticed the absence of two summit participants. No comments followed Lukashenka's failure to appear. None of the leaders, including the president of the hosting country (who always makes at least a short statement in such cases) appeared before press. No one probably wanted to explain the absence of their colleagues.
According to a member of the Kyrgyz delegation, they waited for Lukashenka in Bishkek, but didn't hope to see him. Belarus is known for giving political asylum for former president of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his family. Bishkek has been demanding to extradite them for more than a year. The Belarusian ruler perhaps didn't want to listen to these requests in the home country of Bakiyev, to him he gave hospitable shelter in Belarus.
There are several versions about Serzh Sargsyan. The most popular one is that no one asked why he was absent. After all, he doesn't worry much about consequences of NATO forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan at least because Armenia is not dangerously close to Afghanistan.
As Kommersant learnt, Serzh Sargsyan informed his colleagues that he was not able to attend the summit because he was busy with domestic affairs.
Only this fact shows how CSTO members states rate the organisation.
At least, their personal problems are not discussed there.
They are wrong not to appreciate it.
After all, any of them may become Kurmanbek Bakiyev, even Aliaksandr Lukashenka, but not everyone can become Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
Commentator Aliaksandr Krasnapeutsau
But no one hoped he would arrive, Kommersant writes.
A summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) was held yesterday in the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Media turned attention to the absence of some supposed participants.
Vladimir Putin landed in Bishkek among the last at 6 a.m. (instead of planned 3:40). It's strange that he was among the first to arrive at the residence of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev.
A kind of a yurt was put up on the lawn so that summit participants could comfortably wait for the rest.
The yurt was unnecessary: the talks began soon. Two heads of state were so late that they didn't come. The summit participants didn't wait for the heads of Armenia and Belarus. Vladimir Putin, Emomali Rakhmon, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Almazbek Atambayev posed for a group photo. The ceremony didn't look solemn. Journalists noticed the absence of two summit participants. No comments followed Lukashenka's failure to appear. None of the leaders, including the president of the hosting country (who always makes at least a short statement in such cases) appeared before press. No one probably wanted to explain the absence of their colleagues.
According to a member of the Kyrgyz delegation, they waited for Lukashenka in Bishkek, but didn't hope to see him. Belarus is known for giving political asylum for former president of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his family. Bishkek has been demanding to extradite them for more than a year. The Belarusian ruler perhaps didn't want to listen to these requests in the home country of Bakiyev, to him he gave hospitable shelter in Belarus.
There are several versions about Serzh Sargsyan. The most popular one is that no one asked why he was absent. After all, he doesn't worry much about consequences of NATO forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan at least because Armenia is not dangerously close to Afghanistan.
As Kommersant learnt, Serzh Sargsyan informed his colleagues that he was not able to attend the summit because he was busy with domestic affairs.
Only this fact shows how CSTO members states rate the organisation.
At least, their personal problems are not discussed there.
They are wrong not to appreciate it.
After all, any of them may become Kurmanbek Bakiyev, even Aliaksandr Lukashenka, but not everyone can become Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
Commentator Aliaksandr Krasnapeutsau
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