Prague, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus will not congratulate his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on re-election as president, Presidential Office spokesman Petr Hajek said Tuesday.

    According to Klaus, the course of the presidential elections onSunday confirmed his fears for democracy in Belarus. Klaus expressed his concern in a letter to Lukashenko last year but he has not yet received an answer from him, Hajek said.

    According to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observers, the elections did not meet its criteria and international standards.

    In his last year's letter, Klaus criticized very disputable circumstances of the parliamentary elections and the changes in the constitution that allowed Lukashenko to run for the post againafter two election terms.

    In the letter, Klaus also criticized the violation of fundamental civic rights and freedoms and the persecution of the Belarussian opposition.

    "The situation before the recent presidential elections and their course have led Klaus to believe that his reservations aboutthe situation in Belarus are fully valid," Hajek said.

    The European Union denounced the Sunday presidential elections in Belarus on Monday. According to the EU foreign ministers, the elections were not just and were marked by systematic intimidationof opposition politicians and activists. The minister postponed the decision on possible sanctions against the regime of PresidentLukashenko until their next meeting. Enditem