This decision was made after Lukashenko received the head of the so-called “DPR” Pushilin in Minsk.
On Tuesday, April 18, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that they were summoning their ambassador to Belarus, Igor Kizim, to Kyiv for consultations. They also strongly condemned the meeting between the leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and the head of the so-called “DPR” Denis Pushilin. This was stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
They called the meeting between Lukashenka and Pushilin an attempt to legitimize a representative of the Russian occupation administration in Donetsk.
“We are considering meeting with a representative of the Russian occupation administration, who is hiding from the Ukrainian investigation for committing serious crimes and is under Ukrainian and international sanctions, another blatantly unfriendly action on the part of the Republic of Belarus aimed at supporting the aggressor. state of the Russian Federation. In this regard, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry adopted the decision to call the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Belarus Igor Kizim for consultations,” the ministry stressed of Ukrainian.
At the same time, Kiev called on Minsk to “avoid such destructive measures and stop supporting Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine.”
It will be remembered that on Tuesday, Lukashenko first met the Donetsk collaborator and leader of the so-called “DPR”, Denis Pushilin. The meeting took place in Minsk.
Earlier this month, Lukashenka received Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Minsk. He complained to a Russian official that “Western countries are not fulfilling the agreements on security guarantees given under the Budapest Memorandum in exchange for the removal of nuclear weapons” and therefore the Belarusian regime wanted guarantees from Russia.
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Source: korrespondent
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