Ukrainian Foreign Ministry protested over Lukashenka’s statements about Crimea

KIEV, 10 aug. Charge d'Affaires of Belarus to Ukraine Kirill Kamyshev was summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, where he was strongly protesting against statements by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko about Crimea and Donbass, according to the website of the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. when «the last oligarch in Russia will start supplying products there.» At the same time, according to the Belarusian leader, his hands are «untied», so you can step over the Budapest Memorandum. Poklonskaya assessed Lukashenko’s statement on the recognition of Crimea as Russian “Today, the Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of Belarus in Ukraine Kirill Kamyshev was summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to express his strong protest in connection with a number of inadmissible statements by Alexander Lukashenko during yesterday's press conference. The diplomat was warned that A. Lukashenko's statements about his readiness to recognize Russian sovereignty over the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea is tantamount to complicity in the Kremlin's crime against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, with all the associated international legal consequences, «the Foreign Ministry said. Kiev believes that by making such statements Lukashenka is violating Belarus' international obligations to comply with the norms and principles of international law. The State Duma called on Lukashenko to hurry up on a visit to Crimea The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also reported that Kiev had asked for an explanation from the Belarusian side regarding Lukashenko’s words, which may indicate Minsk’s admission to its territory of LPR prosecutors for questioning the founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, recognized as extremist in Belarus, Roman Protasevich. “If confirmed, this would contradict the official response from the Belarusian Foreign Ministry earlier received by the Ukrainian side, in which this fact was categorically denied,” the Foreign Ministry noted. was regarded as «irresponsible and far from reality propaganda.» Protasevich told who planned a coup in Belarus Relations between Kiev and Minsk deteriorated when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, after the inauguration of Alexander Lukashenko, who won the presidential election in Belarus for the sixth time, said that he did not consider him a legitimate president. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine initiated the introduction of sanctions against Lukashenko's entourage, in particular the heads of the Central Election Commission and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, as well as the son of President of Belarus Viktor Lukashenko, who is his adviser on national security issues. The President of Belarus accused the Ukrainian authorities of interfering in internal affairs, Kiev denies these statements. Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum was held there in March 2014, in which 96.77% of Crimean voters and 95.6% of Sevastopol residents spoke in favor of joining Russia. Ukraine still considers Crimea to be its own, but temporarily occupied territory. The Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that the inhabitants of Crimea democratically, in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter, voted for reunification with Russia. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Crimea issue is «finally closed.» The parliament predicted the unification of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus