He very much regrets this decision, Schuebel continued. As the head of the EU delegation, he did his duty by always communicating the EU’s official position on the “false elections and the constant use of force against innocent people” to the Belarusian authorities.
The German has been the EU ambassador to Belarus since 2019. The country has also been heavily criticized by the West for supporting Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. On Monday, Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko accused Ukraine of planning an attack on his country and therefore announced the formation of joint troops with Russia.