MINSK, 21 April (BelTA) – Belarus is ready to continue to host the talks on Ukraine, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said during his annual State of the Nation Address on 21 April, BelTA has learned.
The president stated that the armed hostilities continue in Donbass. Not a single point of the Minsk Agreement has been implemented in full.
“People continue to die, including civilians. The region has practically submerged into a social and economic chaos. Ukraine is not just our neighbor. It is our brotherly state, our brotherly people. We have hosted over 160,000 forced migrants from Ukraine. We are ready to continue assisting these complicated negotiations as they have already started affecting the life of our people and the operation of our state,” said Alexander Lukashenko.
