{"id":11536,"date":"2023-02-24T16:14:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/longreads\/lukasenka-snubbed-by-bidens-visit-to-kyiv\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lukasenka-snubbed-by-bidens-visit-to-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"longreads","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/longreads\/11536\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka snubbed by Biden\u2019s visit to Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <span>By Valery Karbalevi\u010d<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <b><span>The US president\u2019s visit to Warsaw and Kyiv and his meeting with the leaders of nine countries of NATO\u2019s eastern flank highlighted the region\u2019s importance. Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka failed to wedge himself into the international agenda as a peace broker.<\/span><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has turned Eastern Europe into a global center that is expected to shape a new system of security and international relations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The region faces geopolitical polarization with Russia and Belarus being isolated from the other countries. The polarization and isolation is a source of discomfort for Minsk.\n<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cI could send a Boeing\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t \u0141uka\u0161enka, during his news conference for foreign journalists on February 12, invited Joe Biden to Minsk for peace talks with Vladimir Putin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t \u201cWhy is Biden going to Poland? . . . If he wishes \u2013 tell him through your channels \u2013 we are ready to receive him in Minsk for a serious talk if he wants peace in Ukraine. And even Putin would fly to Minsk, and we would meet here three, the two aggressors and the peaceful president . . . I could send a Boeing,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t He went on to challenge Biden. \u201cLet\u2019s see if he comes . . . We will be talking across the world that the president of Belarus has invited him to Belarus . . . If he doesn\u2019t come here, to Minsk \u2013 I say it absolutely seriously \u2013 then you want war . . . Or maybe, if Biden wishes, Zelensky could come here.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t It was a pre-arranged PR stunt to steal the limelight.\n<\/p>\n<h2>US president meets with Zelensky<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t Biden, however, went to Kyiv, not Minsk. He met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom \u0141uka\u0161enka derided in his recent tirades.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Biden\u2019s visit to Kyiv was not a political ritual. Many Western politicians have visited the Ukrainian capital to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Biden\u2019s visit was not just a show of solidarity. It was a display of determination to support Ukraine until it wins the war. Now Washington cannot back out of helping Ukraine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The US president promised more aid, including weapons.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t If \u0141uka\u0161enka knew about Biden\u2019s plan to visit Kyiv, he would not have invited him to Minsk simply because of a sharp contrast between his dreams and the reality.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Consolation prize<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t The Belarusian ruler received his consolation prize when Aslan Bzhania, leader of Georgia\u2019s breakaway region of Abkhazia, stopped by in Minsk on February 21 on his way to Moscow.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t \u0141uka\u0161enka appeared to be embarrassed by the visit. The state flag of separatist Abkhazia was not displayed during their meeting. \u201cWhy can\u2019t people, peoples have normal and warm friendly relationships,\u201d the Belarusian ruler wondered.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Belarusian ruler left embarrassed<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t Bzhania\u2019s visit was an embarrassment for \u0141uka\u0161enka. It was a major concession by the Belarusian leader to Putin to receive a leader of non-recognized territory.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t \u0141uka\u0161enka was furious. He lashed out at Biden, his favorite scapegoat, in his interview for Chinese journalists on February 23. He described the US president\u2019s Kyiv trip as \u201ca small, indecent step.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t \u201cIt was parrotry,\u201d he said. \u201cIt happened before. Exactly the same visit. Why? The presidential election. He, Joe Biden, wants to ride a war horse through the election campaign. It will not work. I know it exactly.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Valery Karbalevi\u010d The US president\u2019s visit to Warsaw and Kyiv and his meeting with the leaders of nine countries of NATO\u2019s eastern flank highlighted the region\u2019s importance. Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka failed to wedge himself into the international agenda as a peace broker. 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