{"id":182221,"date":"2026-04-03T16:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182221\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:28:11","slug":"lukasenka-says-trump-following-his-advice-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182221\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka says Trump following his advice on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 3, Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, during a visit to an outpatient clinic in Minsk today, said that the US president is following his advice to step back and allow Israel to fight the war with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI told them: Israel wanted to fight with Iran, so let it fight. Let it fight\u2014why are you getting involved? Your people would get killed there. And coffins would start coming back to America. Society would be outraged, with two-thirds already disapproving of the gamble,\u201d he said, according to an unofficial Telegram channel linked to his press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He apparently conveyed this recommendation to Donald Trump during his meeting with John Coale in Minsk on March 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka claimed that \u201ccommon sense has prevailed\u201d and that the Americans \u201care slowly, slowly pulling out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said that Trump had abandoned the idea of taking Karg Island to seize Iran\u2019s oil. \u201cThe Americans are slowly retreating from there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Trump wrote this morning that the US can \u201ceasily\u201d open the Strait of Hormuz \u201cwith a little more time,\u201d Reuters<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A \u2018GUSHER\u2019 FOR THE WORLD???\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In further comments, \u0141uka\u0161enka said that \u201cthe Jews will understand\u201d soon that Iran was the wrong place to attack. He added that Israel is a small country – \u201cits population is like ours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSyria are enemies, enemies in northern Israel and southern Lebanon, Iran are enemies. Enemies are everywhere\u2014the whole Muslim world are enemies. They started bombing left and right. But this state and this population are too small to take on the world. They thought the Americans would do it for them, but the latter changed their mind promptly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US military has so far reported 13 casualties as a result of Iranian strikes and a KC-135 crash in Iraq since the first strikes by Israel and the US on Iran on February 28, which reportedly killed the country\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New strikes from Iran and Yemen were reported in Israel overnight. Qatar and Kuwait intercepted drones, while both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reported missiles and drones entering their airspace. Iran also reported strikes in Tehran and Karaj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump appears willing to continue engaging with \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Truth Social post on March 30, Trump said he was looking forward to meeting \u0141uka\u0161enka at the next Board of Peace event, noting that the Belarusian leader has \u201cgracefully released\u201d more than 500 prisoners since May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Board of Peace was originally conceived as a mechanism to implement part of the Gaza ceasefire plan. However, Trump and his officials later suggested it could address a broader range of global issues, with the US president saying it has the potential to become \u201cone of the most consequential bodies ever created.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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