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Anonymous ID: dc34ad July 21, 2022, 2:02 p.m. No.16776471   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6676 >>6733 >>6908 >>6993

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/lukashenko:-west-seeking-conflict-with-russia-provoking-ukra

 

Lukashenko: West seeking conflict with Russia, provoking Ukraine war

 

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that Russia, Ukraine, and the West must agree to halt the Ukraine war to avoid the "abyss of nuclear war" and stressed that Kiev should accept Moscow's demands.

 

"We must stop, reach an agreement, end this mess, operation and war in Ukraine," Lukashenko told AFP in an exclusive interview in Minsk.

 

"Let's stop and then we will figure out how to go on living," he said during the interview at the Palace of Independence.

 

The leader considered that "There's no need to go further. Further lies the abyss of nuclear war. There's no need to go there."

 

West provoking the Ukraine war

 

Lukashenko accused the West of seeking a conflict with Russia and of provoking the Ukraine war.

 

"You have fomented the war and are continuing it," he said, adding that "We have seen the reasons for this war."

 

Addressing NATO members, the Belarus President said that "If Russia had not got ahead of you, members of NATO, you would have organized and struck a blow against it."

 

Kiev can end war if it re-start talks with Moscow

 

The 67-year-old leader insisted that Kiev authorities can end the war if they re-start talks with Moscow and accept its demands.

 

"Everything depends on Ukraine," he said, adding that "Right now, the peculiarity of the moment is that this war can be ended on more acceptable terms for Ukraine."

 

Lukashenko urged Ukraine to "sit down at the negotiating table and agree that they will never threaten Russia."

 

War could have been avoided

 

On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that peace talks with Ukraine "make no sense."

 

It is noteworthy that the Belarus leader has demanded that his country be included in any talks and a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

 

Lukashenko insisted that the war could have been avoided if Western countries had given Russian President Vladimir Putin "the security guarantees" he wanted.

 

"You, members of NATO and Americans, needed war," he concluded.

Anonymous ID: dc34ad July 21, 2022, 2:06 p.m. No.16776496   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6676 >>6733 >>6908 >>6993

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/kremlin:-putin-mbs-discuss-development-in-global-oil-market

 

Kremlin: Putin, MBS discuss development in global oil market

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman discussed Thursday in a phone call the developments in the global oil market.

 

According to the Kremlin press service, "Both sides praised the level of friendly relations between Russia and Saudi Arabia."

 

"They discussed topical issues of bilateral cooperation, with an emphasis on the expansion of mutually beneficial trade and economic ties," the Kremlin said.

 

Putin and bin Salman focused on the importance of further coordination within OPEC+, and were "pleased to note that the OPEC+ member countries consistently fulfill their obligations in order to maintain the necessary balance and stability in the global energy market," the Russian presidency indicated.

 

The two leaders "also discussed the situation in Syria following the meeting of the leaders of the guarantor states of the Astana Process on the settlement in Syria, held on July 19 in Tehran," the Kremlin mentioned, adding that the two sides "agreed to maintain contacts at various levels."

 

The phone call comes six days after US President Joe Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia to attend the Jeddah Summit for Security and Development, with no clear signs whether the Kingdom would increase oil production to bring down fuel prices.

 

It is noteworthy that Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan pointed out that oil production was not discussed at the summit, asserting that Riyadh will do everything necessary to balance out the oil market and that OPEC+ will continue to assess the conditions and do what is necessary.

 

OPEC+ will be having its next meeting on August 3 - the alliance includes Russia, a prominent distributor of energy globally.