The war in Ukraine will only end if Kiev accepts its losses and negotiates with Russia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a key ally of Vladimir Putin, said in an exclusive interview with AFP on Thursday, July 21.
“Everything depends on Ukraine, currently the feature of the moment is that the war can end in more favorable conditions for Ukraine.– assessed Alexander Lukashenko. “He should sit at the negotiating table, agree to never threaten Russia“, he added. According to him, who has lent his territory to the Russian army to attack Ukraine, the only way out of the conflict is for Kiev to accept concessions and negotiate. Previous talks, which began in the first days of the Russian offensive, collapsed and each side blamed the other.
“Come on, let’s stop. Behind is the abyss”
According to Alexander Lukashenko, the term “denazificationRussia uses Ukraine for its military purposes.it is a philosophy. The most important thing is the security of Russia“. The President of Belarus judges that otherwise things can get even worse, reminding that Vladimir Putin warned that his army is not yet fully engaged in Ukraine. “The war going on there is not yet one that Russia could fight“He said, referring to the weapons.”terriblewhich Moscow did not use.
The West, Ukraine and Russia must agree to avoid itabyss“that”nuclear war“, he explained, encouraging an end to the conflict.”come on, let’s stop. You don’t have to go any further. In the future is the abyss. Moreover, it is a nuclear war. You don’t have to go that far“, he said. “It is necessary to stop, agree, stop this chaos, operation and war in Ukraine– said the President of Belarus.
He believes that Ukraine should accept that the regions occupied by Russia in the east and south of the country are lost. “This is not discussed already, we could discuss it in February, March“, he judged.
Western responsibility
In the end, the head of state put all the responsibility of this war on the West, considering that the threat to Russia is such that Moscow should attack its neighbor. “We have seen the reasons for this war, the reason is that if Russia had not preceded NATO, you (Westerners) would have organized and struck it;“, he snapped. “You are at the beginning and prolonging this war“, he accused.
According to the leader of Belarus, the conflict would have been avoided if the Western countries had given Vladimir Putin.the security guarantees he demanded“, that is, the withdrawal of the Alliance from the borders of 1997 and the termination of the rapprochement of the West with Ukraine, which Russia perceives as a threat. “Why did you not give these guarantees? That means you wanted war“, he announced.
Source: Le Figaro
