Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the Russian president, has announced that Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, will discuss Minsk’s initiatives for resolving the situation in Ukraine. According to Peskov, the two presidents will communicate next week and have the opportunity to discuss the topic in detail. The upcoming meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State will give them a chance to talk further. Lukashenka’s proposal to declare a truce in Ukraine will likely be discussed during this meeting. The quote was reported by RIA Novosti.
Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will discuss Minsk’s initiatives regarding the settlement of the situation in Ukraine. The presidential press secretary quotes RIA Novosti.
According to Peskov, both presidents will continue to communicate next week and will have the opportunity to discuss this topic in detail.
“Of course, we heard the statement of Alexander Grigoryevich, of course, the two presidents, I mean Putin and Lukashenko, will continue next week (communication). Namely, next week there will be a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State — this will give the presidents the opportunity to once again talk in detail with each other. They will probably discuss this topic as well,” Peskov said, commenting on Lukashenka’s proposal to declare a truce in Ukraine.
In summary, the upcoming meeting between President Putin and President Lukashenko signals a potential discussion on Belarus’s proposal for a truce in Ukraine. Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary, confirms that the two presidents will communicate further next week during the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State. It remains to be seen what concrete steps will be taken towards resolving the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, but this meeting could certainly set the stage for further progress.