Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir MakeiMINSK, Feb 16Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said that neither Moscow, nor Minsk, nor Kiev benefit from military operations in the region, hysteria is whipped up from across the ocean. «I don't think that any actions that would lead to the hot phase of the war are beneficial to anyone I am convinced that this is not profitable for Moscow, Minsk, or Kiev,» Makei said at a press conference in Minsk. He suggested that «perhaps this is beneficial for someone who is terribly far from here.» In this regard, the minister noted that, perhaps, this is where the escalation of the situation arises, which comes from the West, from across the ocean. profitable.» He added that the leadership of Belarus has repeatedly noted that Minsk is against actions that would lead to tension in relations with neighboring countries. «We don't want to fight, but we want to trade with everyone,» the minister stressed. The plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine are categorically denied in Moscow and constantly declare that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as a pretext to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. The Kremlin said that the information hysteria of the US and NATO over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Putin and Scholz argued about the warStatements that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, the President of the Russian Federation held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the RF Ministry of Defense reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, told reporters on Tuesday.
