MINSK, 26 January (BelTA) - Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko shared his vision of a compromise settlement in Ukraine as he spoke with the media in Minsk on 26 January, BelTA has learned.
“The compromise can be like this. Vladimir Putin recently asked them to withdraw to the borders of four regions: Donetsk Oblast, Lugansk Oblast, Kherson Oblast, Zaporozhye Oblast. If they do it, the conflict will stop. But the Ukrainian side does not want to withdraw to the borders. Well, what then? If you don't want to withdraw, then drop the claims on the territories and the Sea of Azov that used to be Ukrainian. So this is how the compromise may look like. It is possible. This is my opinion. But Volodya Zelensky and Vladimir Putin know better. They are deeply immersed in these matters. But a compromise will have to be found. The time will pass and people will decide where to live and what currency to use. People! Just don't get in their way. But, again, this will be resolved at the negotiating table,” the president said.
“The Ukrainian people will continue to struggle if they do not decide on their leader, their government and if they do not realize that they will have to rebuild the country themselves. With regard Crimea… Look, many more new generations will come and go and the issue of Crimea and Donbass will be solved. Maybe there will be no borders between the states at all,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “But today we need to proceed from the realities, from what is doable. And stop demanding Crimea back. Russia will never give Crimea back. Even the West arrived at this conclusion. Will Russians leave the territories controlled by the Russian army? I can't imagine what would have to happen for them to leave where they are now. Therefore, perhaps this issue has already been resolved."
