MINSK, 27 September (BelTA) – It is time to end the conflict in Ukraine and negotiate peace, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a meeting with students at Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics in Minsk on 27 September, BelTA learned.
“There are certain boundaries, limits. We need to negotiate with Ukraine, we need to stop this war. Look, World War II and the Great Patriotic War were terrible wars. Belarus was destroyed. But your generation, even mine, were able to have normal relations with Germany. The human memory heals wounds. It is exactly what will happen with Ukrainians. But we should not go any further. We have already made a mess of things. We need to negotiate. This is my firm position,” the Belarusian leader said.
“We maintain contacts via certain channels with Ukraine. I openly said about this. You see our relations With the Russians. We are trying to use these contacts to make things work. Zelensky so far does not hear this and does not want to listen. Why? Because the Americans are pushing them forward in this war,” the president emphasized.
According to him, this war is good for the United States. “It is very profitable. Russia is not the main thing. It is important to weaken Europe. Don't think that Americans and Europeans are one big family. Americans do not need a strong Europe. They want Europe to fight in Ukraine, they will give them money. They just need to turn on the machine and print it. Dollar spreads the inflation globally. They print money. They gave more billions to Volodya Zelensky: “Go and fight!” Moreover, they [the U.S.] keep their military-industrial complex busy, they supply their weapons. Meanwhile, the money stays in the USA”.
The US itself doesn't want to go to war, because American society reacts badly to body bags coming back into the country. “That's why they proxy the war. Let the Ukrainians die there. Let them and Russians kill each other. Let them fight and we [Americans] will give them something to fight with,” the Belarusian leader said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled his thesis that high-tech Western Europe could be developing successfully in partnership with the resource-rich Russia. Now, on the contrary, Germany is forced to close down plans and factories as they can't withstand the competition. “It was important for them to keep Nord Stream working, to keep gas flowing to Germany (Russians and Germans built these pipelines). Everything should have been done to keep gas flowing through these pipes to Germany. Cheap gas,” the president noted.
“There are certain boundaries, limits. We need to negotiate with Ukraine, we need to stop this war. Look, World War II and the Great Patriotic War were terrible wars. Belarus was destroyed. But your generation, even mine, were able to have normal relations with Germany. The human memory heals wounds. It is exactly what will happen with Ukrainians. But we should not go any further. We have already made a mess of things. We need to negotiate. This is my firm position,” the Belarusian leader said.
“We maintain contacts via certain channels with Ukraine. I openly said about this. You see our relations With the Russians. We are trying to use these contacts to make things work. Zelensky so far does not hear this and does not want to listen. Why? Because the Americans are pushing them forward in this war,” the president emphasized.
According to him, this war is good for the United States. “It is very profitable. Russia is not the main thing. It is important to weaken Europe. Don't think that Americans and Europeans are one big family. Americans do not need a strong Europe. They want Europe to fight in Ukraine, they will give them money. They just need to turn on the machine and print it. Dollar spreads the inflation globally. They print money. They gave more billions to Volodya Zelensky: “Go and fight!” Moreover, they [the U.S.] keep their military-industrial complex busy, they supply their weapons. Meanwhile, the money stays in the USA”.
The US itself doesn't want to go to war, because American society reacts badly to body bags coming back into the country. “That's why they proxy the war. Let the Ukrainians die there. Let them and Russians kill each other. Let them fight and we [Americans] will give them something to fight with,” the Belarusian leader said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled his thesis that high-tech Western Europe could be developing successfully in partnership with the resource-rich Russia. Now, on the contrary, Germany is forced to close down plans and factories as they can't withstand the competition. “It was important for them to keep Nord Stream working, to keep gas flowing to Germany (Russians and Germans built these pipelines). Everything should have been done to keep gas flowing through these pipes to Germany. Cheap gas,” the president noted.