{"id":118838,"date":"2024-12-18T14:32:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118838\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"russia-supports-belarus-participation-in-ukraine-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118838\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia supports Belarus’ participation in Ukraine peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 18, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Russia prioritizes Belarusian interests, including security, and supports its participation in possible peace talks on Ukraine, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe highly appreciate and support Minsk’s peace efforts,\u201d TASS<\/em> quoted her as saying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zakharova\u2019s statement comes days after Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Juryj Ambrazievi\u010d said Belarus deserved \u201ca place at the negotiating table\u201d during future peace talks on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diplomat rejected accusations of Minsk\u2019s complicity in the war as \u201cabsurd,\u201d stressing that Belarus was interested in a peaceful resolution more than anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine, however, immediately dismissed Minsk\u2019s claim to the right to participate in peace talks. The only right that Belarusian officials can claim is a right to a fair trial when the \u201caggressor and its henchmen\u201d will answer for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, Ukrainian diplomat Georgiy Tykhiy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine. Authorities in Minsk kept claiming peaceful intentions and denied the Belarusian army\u2019s involvement in combat operations but allowed Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplied arms to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka denied giving permission to Russia to attack Ukraine from Belarus in 2022, claiming that Kyiv had provoked Moscow while it was withdrawing its troops from Belarus after a drill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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