Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI

What Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI has said (1)

• 2026-06-15 “I am also extremely happy that, you are here with us, free. I can understand the situation very, very well because I'm also a representative of a national minority in Lithuania in the EU. We also sometimes have certain problems. That's the situation. But, there were many questions to you. I don't know if you write them down, and I I don't want to make your life too difficult demanding an answer. But maybe I can, help, to answer, mister Halitsky's question. How what does it mean to to receive those cards, etcetera? Because I think about a year ago in this room, as a long term member of the group of the delegation at Belarus, I was offered to go to Belarus. We were trying to go there. Also, at that time, it was difficult, but it was it is something painful for me. But we had this initiative. We wanted to to see you, but I think what's most important is the people because we know that if you fight with a regime, sooner or later, you will succeed. We have an Asian saying that if you cannot win with your with your with your enemy, you have to just live longer than he or she does. You have to survive them. So I think this is this huge huge sacrifice from our people, and this will finally lead to, to victory. I could also speak to missus Angelica Boris. She was also imprisoned for several years, and, she told me very directly. I, talked to her in 2020 before COVID. We were in Minsk for a few days in Grodno. We met also with the associations of poll polls in Belarus, and I was, at that time saying that it's impossible to, defeat the regime just having a small group of people. I know how things function in the Eastern countries of the Eastern Europe, but, I wanted to come and visit you, but colleagues said, no. I shouldn't because I could be arrested as well. So what do you think? Is it worth it?”
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