Belarus pres. vows to 'solve the problem' of protests
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has promised to “solve the problem” of the protest movement which has shaken his country since the disputed elections on 9 August.
The opposition group has rejected the results of the recent presidential election, which according to Belarus' election commission consisted of an 80.08% victory for Lukashenko.
Lukashenko assured workers in the region of Dzerjinsk (south of the capital Minsk) that they "don't have to worry."
"It is my problem that I have to solve and we will solve it. And believe me, in the next few days it will be solved".
The president, who has been in power for 26 years, accused the U.S. of staging the demonstrations to isolate Russia with a "cordon sanitaire of the three Baltic countries, us and Ukraine."