Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said Saturday that the West is still considering «options for continuing hostilities in Ukraine,» which will mean that the Russian army’s special military operation will continue.
«They are looking for, in our opinion, how to continue the war. Well, then the special operation will not stop,» the president said at a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, according to TASS news agency.
In that sense, he has assured that the opponents of Russia «are in no hurry to negotiate». «If they want to fight to the end, whether it is a Ukrainian, a Pole or even mercenaries, well, it is their business, it is their right,» he said, while noting that he does not believe that «they are ready for full-fledged negotiations».
Lukashenko defended that his country is ready to do everything «according to an open and real agreement (on the end of the conflict)», after which he affirmed that neither Russia nor Belarus wanted or wants this war.
