Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, is offering to host Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks that could involve US officials, reports Al Jazeera.
“Tell Trump that I expect him here with Putin and Zelenskyy,” the longtime ruler proposed to the three leaders in a video interview with US blogger Mario Nawfal, reported by state news agency Belta.
Lukashenko is a close ally of Putin, while Belarus Minsk is under US and European sanctions over its support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and a government crackdown on the opposition.
“We are going to sit down and calmly make an accord. If you want to make an accord,” Lukashenko said, adding that there had to be a deal with Zelenskey “since a large part of Ukrainian society is with him”.
Lukashenko also praised Trump’s efforts to talk with Russia to end the conflict.
“Trump is a good guy, he talks about it a lot and has already done something to end the war in Ukraine and the war in the Middle East,” Lukashenko said.
“It seems to me that his only policy is one aiming to end the war. It is a brilliant idea.”
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