Sannikov Mocks Tsikhanouskaya's Office Being Represented by an Employee Named Pederson at International Summit
Pederson diplomatically offered Sannikov a conversation at their next meeting, but the 2010 election candidate resolutely rejected the idea: "You introduced yourself as a 'representative of democratic' Belarus, not as a representative of some office. So stop lying."
Andrei Sannikov
One of the leaders of Charter'97, Andrei Sannikov, after returning from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, organized by former NATO Secretary General and founder of The Alliance of Democracies Foundation Anders Fogh Rasmussen, published an ironic post about Belarus being represented at the event by a person named Pederson.
"Returned from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit... and was surprised to learn that, apparently, there was an entire representative of democratic Belarus there by the surname Pederssen. I didn't see or hear him there, but I am happy that a person named Pederson has the feeling that he represents Belarus," Sannikov wrote, adding: "Congratulations to everyone involved with Pederson!". He attached a photo to the post showing him gifting Rasmussen his book "Belarus in NATO".
Karim Pederson is the Head of International Communications at Tsikhanouskaya's Office. He has been working in the Office since 2021. He is the only foreigner in the team.
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Karim Pederson. Photo: Jette Juel Schrum
Karim Pederson himself responded in the comments to the post. He explained that he represented Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Office at the summit, as she could not attend personally, diplomatically expressed regret that he and Sannikov did not have time to talk, and invited him to meet next time.
However, Sannikov did not consider the explanation sufficient. "You introduced yourself as a 'representative of democratic' Belarus, not as a representative of some office. So stop lying before offering a conversation," the politician replied.
It seemed that Pederson did not understand what Sannikov wanted from him, so just in case, he apologized for any possible misunderstanding and emphasized that he had dedicated the last five years of his life to supporting Belarusians:
"I apologize if my message left the wrong impression — I can assure you that from my side it was neither intentional nor disrespectful in any sense. Quite the opposite: I have dedicated the last five years of my life to supporting Belarusians in every possible way."
But Sannikov lectured the Dane once more: "Again, you 'support' some office, not Belarusians. Try to express yourself correctly."
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