lukashenko meets with donetsk region leaders, ukraine warns
2024-09-23
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according to the ukrainian pravda on the 22nd, the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs warned that the talks between belarusian president lukashenko and the leaders of the donetsk region will have a negative impact on the diplomatic relations between ukraine and belarus.
belarusian president lukashenko source: visual china
on september 22, local time, the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement saying that ukraine strongly condemned the meeting between lukashenko and pushilin, the leader of the donetsk region supported by russia, on the 19th, and believed that this was another example of belarus "ignoring ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity." the statement read: "this meeting once again confirmed that the current belarusian authorities' position on ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity is entirely under the instructions of the (russian) kremlin and has nothing to do with international law or the international obligations of the republic of belarus. ukraine rejects lukashenko's hypocritical remarks on the 'principle' of cooperation with ukraine's temporarily occupied territories and believes that this is another evidence of support for the war of aggression against our country."
the statement also said that in the context of "constant contacts" between belarusian officials and donetsk regional leaders, lukashenko repeatedly expressed his "warm feelings" for the "brotherly ukrainian people", "which sounded like a mockery, and his actions actually undermined the principles of good neighborliness and mutual respect between the ukrainian and belarusian peoples". the statement warned: "these unfriendly actions of the belarusian political leadership will not go unanswered and will have a negative impact on ukrainian-belarusian relations."
according to reports, lukashenko met with pushilin on the 19th and announced that he was ready for belarus to develop cooperation with the donetsk region. he also said that the belarusian side is "ready to cooperate with ukraine on the same basis as donetsk."
according to the belarusian state news agency belta, lukashenko said during the meeting: "we have been cooperating for a long time. belarus used to cooperate with donetsk oblast, which was part of the ukrainian territory. of course, in these very difficult times, we have not given up this cooperation since then (it has been ten years now), and we are ready to continue it at present." lukashenko stressed that it is necessary to get rid of any middlemen in this cooperation and "be ready to cooperate directly."
the belarusian president said that such cooperation "will definitely not violate any international norms" and that belarus can provide support and assistance to donetsk's construction, medical care and education.# hundreds of reviews#
