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5 мая 2022

All questions were answered very sincerely and in full. Today Alexander Lukashenko gave an interview to the major news agency Associated Press. The topics raised included the situation in Ukraine, exercises of the armed forces of our country and allied relations between Belarus and Russia. Ian Phillips, Vice-President of Associated Press, acted as an interviewer. The reporter's portfolio includes interviews with the leaders of Syria, Egypt and other countries of the Middle East and Latin America. 

"We strongly oppose any war. We have done and are doing everything to ensure that there is no war," stressed Alexander Lukashenko.

The President noted that it was thanks to the Belarusian side that the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia were launched. "I know Russia's position. I know what Russia offers to Ukraine. But why Ukraine, on whose territory there is actually a war, hostilities, and people are dying, is not interested in these negotiations, is another question. But the answer to this question can be found in Washington," the head of state hinted.

"We do not threaten anyone and we are not going to threaten anyone. And we won't do it. Moreover, we can't threaten either: we know who opposes us. Therefore, it is absolutely not in the interests of the Belarusian state to unleash some conflict, some war in the West. Therefore, let the West sleep in peace," said Alexander Lukashenko.

In total, the agency includes 7,000 newspapers and 248 news bureaus in 99 countries around the world! And that's more than 10,000 paid subscribers, from the Belarusian media holding to Russia's VGTRK and Qatar's Al-Jazeera.