Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Tomas Petricek has informed that the Ambassador of Belarus has been called to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s recent statement that the protests in Belarus are guided by the Czech Republic, Sputnik Belarus reports.

The minister stressed that the Czech Republic can’t agree with the allegations.

“The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to clarify why the President made such a statement and if there is any evidence. The ministry has sharply expressed its protest against this statement against the Czech Republic, the minister said, Parlamentni Listy newspaper reports.

The minister also stated that the Czech government hasn’t participated in organizing the protests and ‘has been trying to support civil society for a long time’.