MINSK, 29 August (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko revealed new details of his telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump in an interview with China Media Group, BelTA has learned.
Answering a question about how he sees the future of Belarus, the head of state pointed out that our country is historically and geographically located between East and West, and therefore it is always being pushed to choose one side or the other. This was felt especially acutely in the period after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
“No other country in the world is in such a complicated situation we are. When Donald and I talked [over the phone on 15 August], we spent about 35 minutes on discussing some problems. I guess he had not intended to have such a conversation, but we talked for too long and he dropped a phrase: “I wish you success.” He said that Belarus is in such complicated location and in such a complicated period that only a strong leader can handle it,” Aleksandr Lukashenko shared the details of the phone talks.
“I guess he had been looking into the situation, had been made familiar with Belarus, had seen that things are complicated for us: in the east, in the west, a war in the south, and those crazy Baltic neighbors in the north. He agreed with that and said that Belarus is in a very complicated situation,” the head of state added.
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