Translate the following English sentence to French:
"We think that it is important to influence Belarus, which is of course closer to the rest of Europe perhaps than many people think if they have not looked properly at the map."
Nous pensons qu'il est essentiel d'influencer ce pays, la Biélorussie, qui est plus proche du reste de l'Europe que ce que beaucoup croient sans doute, s'ils n'ont pas regardé attentivement une carte.