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MINSK, 8 August (BelTA) – Belarus is not secretly negotiating any agreements with the Americans behind Russia\u2019s back, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in an interview with TIME Magazine, BelTA learned. \n<\/p>\n
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In one of the questions, the journalist voiced the existing opinion that the U.S., by restoring dialogue with Belarus, is seeking to somehow drive a wedge between it and Russia. \u201cWell, that\u2019s someone\u2019s dream,\u201d the president remarked. The U.S. has always had such intentions. George Soros even spoke about this back in the 1990s when he visited Belarus and met with Aleksandr Lukashenko. \u201cI said: \u2018George, I am sorry, but I will not conduct this policy in an American way, I will not do this. Therefore, this is probably our last meeting.\u2019 I made it clear that we would not cooperate. And since then I have adhered to this policy,\u201d the president said. \n<\/p>\n
Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out that Belarus and Russia maintain close allied relations, which have developed not only historically but are also codified in numerous agreements. Belarus strictly adheres to all its obligations. \u201cThis is why some western Europeans and the rest, even Americans should stay out of our relations with Russia. We have relations in the military field. You know. Starting with Oreshnik missile systems and ending with nuclear weapons. Our relations are of military technology nature, of economic nature. It is our market. The Russian market is the largest market for Belarus. We buy energy resources from over there. Only from Russia. And so on. Can anyone replace it for us? They cannot. Even from the practical point of view. No one can. Let alone our legal agreements,\u201d the head of state said. \n<\/p>\n
\u201cRussia has already stipulated in all its documents that an attack against Belarus is an attack against Russia. We have the same stipulations. An attack against Russia is an attack against Belarus. This is why we have the tightest relations. Nobody can sever them. Particularly loudmouths from the European Union,\u201d he added. \n<\/p>\n
The discussion also touched upon how Russia perceives the restoration of official-level Belarusian-U.S. engagement. Regarding this matter, Aleksandr Lukashenko noted: \u201cDiscussing third parties and states that are not present here is out of the question. It is undiplomatic behavior. Discussion of general matters in a conceptual way is possible but making backroom deals is a taboo. \u201cWe don\u2019t make backroom deals with Americans behind Russia\u2019s back,\u201d the president stressed.\u00a0 \n<\/p>\n
At the same time, there are situations when the Americans, being aware of the strong personal relationship between the two leaders, ask the Belarusian head of state to relay certain information or proposals to the president of Russia. One recent example cited by Aleksandr Lukashenko involved an idea to establish an aerial ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. According to Western officials, President Putin reportedly declined this proposal. \u201cThey tell me: \u2018We tried to reach this kind of agreement with him. He doesn\u2019t want it.\u2019 I respond: \u2018That can\u2019t be right\u2019 (I\u2019m just giving an example – there were a couple other issues too). I say: \u2018This is something I’m ready to discuss with Vladimir Vladimirovich – this particular issue.\u2019 So I call him and say: \u2018Vladimir Vladimirovich, here’s the situation. They’re raising this question.\u2019 He tells me in a friendly, brotherly way: \u2018What are you talking about? Of course we\u2019re for it! We\u2019re not opposed. But let Ukraine stop their strikes too.\u2019\u201d Aleksandr Lukashenko shared the details of the talks. \u201cI conveyed everything [Russia\u2019s response to the West]. I say: \u2018You don\u2019t really want this.\u2019 \u2013 \u2018What do you mean we don\u2019t want it?\u2019 Then warn Ukrainian leadership to stop bombing Russia. Russia won\u2019t conduct aerial strikes against Ukraine.\u2019 \n<\/p>\n
The head of state believes that aerial ceasefire would be a good first step towards full ceasefire. However, in this case, it is absolutely impossible to claim that Russia is opposed and supposedly seeks to bomb peaceful cities (although this is precisely how it is portrayed in the West). \u201cI had a phone conversation with Putin when the Russian troops were actually near Kiev.I know his position,\u201d Aleksandr Lukashenko said.\u201cWhen I asked him on the phone: \u2018Vladimir Vladimirovich, you\u2019re in Kiev, you\u2019ve taken Kiev. This should mean the end of the war.\u2019 He responded: \u2018What do you mean taken?!\u2019 He said they\u2019d taken cover. His exact words: \u2018They\u2019re holed up in kindergartens, in schools. Should we bomb kindergartens and schools?\u2019 Then the Russian president decided to withdraw troops away from the Ukrainian capital, believing certain people who promised that the war would end. \u201cThey withdrew. Did the war stop? No,\u201d Aleksandr Lukashenko said. \n<\/p>\n
According to him, the West is doing its best to portrait the Russian leader as \u201cbloodthirsty\u201d. It is absolutely not true. This is done for specific purposes – information-psychological operations are being conducted, a field in which the West has excelled and has taught these techniques to the Ukrainians. One example is the events in Bucha.\u201cThe reality was completely different from what was shown. It was a carefully orchestrated operation designed to portray Russians as aggressive, bloodthirsty murderers. Nothing of the sort actually occurred there,\u201d Aleksandr Lukashenko said.\u201cWe know exactly who carried this out. We even have the license plate numbers of the vehicles used by those who organized this in Bucha. I\u2019ve spoken about this publicly.\u00a0 \n<\/p>\n
\u201cSo let\u2019s not talk about Putin bombing civilians,\u201d the head of state said. \u201cDoes Zelensky personally control where every drone flies? They keep crossing into our territory. We\u2019ve documented about fifty cases already.\u201d \n<\/p>\n
\u201cSo talking about Russia targeting civilians while portraying Ukrainians as innocent angels in white gloves is simply unfair,\u201d the president is convinced. \n<\/p>\n
Another aspect touched upon in the interview is a certain wariness among part of the Russian establishment regarding the intensification of dialogue between Belarus and the USA.\u201cRussia has diverse opinions, just like America,\u201d the head of state said.\u201cThere are people who are deeply concerned.\u201d Oddly enough, the policy of multi-vector diplomacy pursued by Belarus has itself become a subject of criticism. \u201cThis is just one group of people, although it\u2019s headed by a respectable institution,\u201d the president noted.\u201cI\u2019ll discuss this topic with Vladimir Vladimirovich. This is just one group. There are various journalists too.\u201d \n<\/p>\n
In response to the journalist’s question, Aleksandr Lukashenko stated that he saw no danger in the existence of such an opinion or such a group, including in terms of influencing the views of the Russian leadership.\u201cIt\u2019s unpleasant, to be frank, if someone in Russia thinks and writes reports like that. But as I said, there are all kinds of people. But the main trend remains: full support of our position and complete mutual assistance. There\u2019s nothing to reproach us for,\u201d the president said. \n<\/p>\n
According to him, he and Vladimir Putin have developed \u201cabsolutely trusting and cordial relations\u201d, and it is unlikely any world leader knows the Russian president better. \u201cThis doesn’t mean I don\u2019t have my own point of view. I dare say that no one – neither inside the country nor abroad – speaks to him as frankly to his face as I do,\u201d Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked. \n<\/p>\n
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