The Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus has issued an official statement on the “violation of humanitarian norms and principles by the West,” Sputnik Belarus reports.

In the statement, the Belarusian MPs called on Western politicians and fellow lawmakers to “stop the unwise and inhuman policy towards Belarus and the Belarusian people.”

"Relationships must be built solely on the basis of equal dialogue, trust and mutual respect," the statement added.