La révolution de velours en Arménie comme modèle pour le Bélarus

STOCKHOLM (RFE/RL) — Carl Bildt, one of Europe’s most experienced diplomats and politicians, has described Armenia’s democratic transition in 2018 that was devoid of any geopolitical orientation as a “much better analogy” for Belarus than Ukraine’s revolutions.

Bildt, who was Sweden’s foreign minister from 2006 to 2014 and prime minister from 1991 to 1994, published an article on the Project Syndicate website on August 18 in which he stressed the appropriateness of the “Armenian model” for Belarus.

“With Belarusians taking to the streets in unprecedented numbers and refusing to be cowed by state violence, it is obvious that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has failed in his bid to steal another election and prolong his time in power. By all standards, his days in power are now numbered,” Bildt writes.

“Many commentators are comparing the situation in Belarus to Ukraine’s Orange…