MINSK, 5 March (BelTA) - I would in no way want to be a mediator in the Ukraine peace process, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in an interview with U.S. blogger Mario Nawfal, BelTA learned.
“I would like you to understand my position. I hate mediation more than anything. It means getting involved in between someone and pretending that you can do something. Especially to mediate between the USA and Russia or the USA and China. We have brilliant relationships with Russia, with China. But, God forbid having to be a mediator between these giants. It has become obvious by now that in order to be a mediator, you need to have a powerful resource or something else,” the head of state said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he believes in sincere politics. “If I can help with anything, like bringing people together or adding dynamics to some process, I will do it eagerly, if it can make people's lives better and if it is within my power and within the power of my state – Belarus,” he said. “But I would in no way want to be a mediator, especially in the Ukraine peace process. No mediation [for me]. If someone with a decision-making power approaches Belarus with such a request, we will be willing to help. But to get involved in these feuds... We already got involved once, when this hall of the Palace of Independence hosted negotiations between Russia and the West [the Normandy talks in February 2015]. What happened next? It turned out that representatives of major Western countries, Germany and France, who represented the European Union (supported by the USA) came here in order to deceive Russia. At least that's what they said later. Well, this is not true, this is not how it was. There was no foul play, no one was going to fool anyone.”
The president believes that when the trends changed both François Hollande and Angela Merkel had to fit in to show that they played a key part, they bought time for Ukraine to prepare an army for a war with Russia. “This is a lie. Well, it happens in politics,” the Belarusian leader said.
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