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April 27th, 2017 
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nsnbc : Belarus will continue working for peace in Ukraine said Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko as he visited the cripples Chernobyl nuclear power plant and met Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Lukashenko and Poroshenko visited the crippled Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on April 26. Both countries continue to struggle with the environmental, health, political – as well as human rights – issues related to the catastrophic incident at the plant in 1986.
Belarus has played a vital role in brokering for peace in Ukraine by hosting the Minsk talks within the so-called Normandy Four format that resulted in the implementation of a volatile but reasonably functional ceasefire between rebelling regions in eastern Ukraine and the central government in Kiev. Commenting on the ongoing peace process, and addressing Poroshenko, Lukashenko said:
“The Ukrainian president and the Ukrainian people know our position – peace and only peace. The Ukrainians have never been strangers for Belarusians. We are close people, may some like it or not (there may be such people in Ukraine and possibly in Belarus. In Belarus there are luckily almost none of them). We have always lived together. Nobody can divide us. … Do not even think that Belarusians can act otherwise than what they do now. We are sister nations. The only way we can come to your territory is, as I said, by tractor, to help you plow the land if necessary. … We will be working for the sake of peace. We have no other purpose. It is not just my position. It is the position of the Belarusian people. There is a need to put an end, as soon as possible, to this internecine warfare, infighting with arms, and to stop watching warily at each other. This is a wonderful, golden land, where people have always lived in prosperity.”
Lukashenko also stressed that Belarus is ready to continue to contribute to a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. He also noted that Ukraine is not a foreign land for him personally. “We will do everything to make sure we have peace and decent relations.” Lukashenko clarified that the second part of the presidents’ meeting that will take place in Belarus will be dedicated to people’s lives and economy.
“As a result of the negotiations, both Belarusians and Ukrainians will be able to make sure that we will continue the policy of friendship and mutual cooperation. … You cannot choose your neighbors. This is why I assure you that Belarusians have always been reliable friends, and will remain so,” he said.
Belarus and Ukraine are in many regards in a similar, uncomfortable position; That is, torn by unhealthy elements that push for “either you are with us or you are with them” policies with regard to their bilateral and multilateral relations with Russia, the former Soviet “sphere of interest” and the Eurasian Economic Union on one hand, and the European Union (EU) and NATO on the other.
CH/L – nsnbc 26.04.2017
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