Lukashenko: Minsk should be invited to Ukraine negotiations

“On the one hand, there is an entire peace plan race going on. We are in favour of any efforts that can de-escalate the situation. On the other hand, due to various countries’ natural alignment to their regional power centres, we see the negotiation process getting fragmented. That makes finding an acceptable compromise more difficult. The faster we pool our efforts, the quicker that compromise is going to be found. We insist that Minsk should be at the negotiating table where the Ukrainian matter is settled. It’s a matter of our security guarantees,” he said.