– I think it makes no sense to evaluate every stream of consciousness that it presents on a regular basis Alexander Lukashenka On various media platforms, he said Coiba, Quote by Ukrinform.

As he added, Ukraine will evaluate Lukashenka’s actions. He stressed that if Belarus recognizes Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, it will deal an irreversible blow to Ukraine-Belarus relations. We will work according to the full program. The head of Ukrainian diplomacy stressed that Crimea is not an issue on which we allow ourselves to be restrained.

Tuesday Lukashenka In a specific interview Dmitriy Kiselov“At that time (in the past) I said that Crimea was de facto Russian,” said, who is considered the leading propagandist in the Kremlin. After the referendum, Crimea became de jure Russian.

Lukashenka mentioned that Russian President Vladimir Putin I offered him to visit the Crimea. As he added, he would like to start his visit from Sevastopol. – If the President of Belarus comes there, together with the President of Russia, what recognition can we talk about? For me, this question does not exist at all – he said Lukashenka.

Belarusian state media interpreted this statement as an announcement that his visit to Crimea would recognize Russia’s annexation of the peninsula.

Russia annexed the peninsula, which is part of Ukraine, in March 2014 as a result of an armed intervention and a referendum that Ukrainian and Western authorities deemed illegal.

Despite the allies’ relations with Moscow and their pressure, Minsk has so far avoided recognizing the annexation of Crimea.

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