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Jeanne Shaheen: we do not recognize these results, and therefore engaging in the business-as-usual diplomatic relations with a…

On the recordJanuary 26, 2011
we do not recognize these results, and therefore engaging in the business-as-usual diplomatic relations with a government that is headed by a leader whom we do not recognize is hard to imagine.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen emphasizes the U.S. refusal to recognize election results in Belarus.

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