Lukashenko: peace talks in Ukraine should begin without preconditions
Negotiations on peace in Ukraine should begin without preconditions – as stated by the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Diana Panchenko, BelTA reports
"Negotiations should begin without preconditions. This is a classic of any diplomacy. I think so. It is necessary to sit down at the negotiating table and discuss everything – including Crimea, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk. Everything needs to be discussed, and this should be done at the negotiating table. The parties need to sit down and work out the agenda – as it usually happens. A list of issues [should be prepared], and it is also possible to focus on the ones worked out earlier [during the previous rounds of negotiations, three of which were held in Belarus and one in Turkiye]. Russia was actually ready to discuss all issues," the Head of State said.
"Of course, Russia will never, as you say, agree to return Crimea. This will not happen. I still doubt that something can be agreed on here, in the east. However, Russia is ready to discuss any topic, and I am telling you this for sure. It is ready to talk on any topic and discuss anything, but you [in Ukraine] – being pushed by Americans – do not want this yet. You do not understand that there is nothing more valuable than human life. Meanwhile, one and a half thousand of your people die per day during active hostilities," Aleksandr Lukashenko added.
