photo: alexander lukashenko. source: wikipedia
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Minsk that neither Russia nor Belarus “want war,” while Ukraine was preparing for military action under President Petro Poroshenko.
“We are not hiding in the bushes here,” RIA Novosti quotes Lukashenko.
The Belarusian president also said: “We have openly stated our position. Neither you nor we wanted war and do not want it.”
He also recalled that the former President of Ukraine Poroshenko admitted why he needed the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine – in order to prepare for war.
Earlier, at a meeting with Shoigu, Lukashenko said that the military of Russia and Belarus are preparing as a single army. Shoigu noted that Belarus remains a reliable partner of Russia under pressure from the West.