Lukashenka meets journalists from independent media: main theses
The situation has not changed
TUT.BY writes about the interview of Alexander Lukashenka to three independent media – Euroradio, Radio Svaboda and TUT.BY. The interview went on for 4,5 hours. Lukashenka told that Russia would never go in war with Belarus, promised to come to New York for the UN Summit in September, and promised to support the Belarusian language. He also admitted that he was considering releasing ex-candidate Mikalai Statkevich from prison.
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