{"id":2325271,"date":"2024-08-15T17:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/key-russian-ally-calls-for-peace-negotiations-in-ukraine-end-this-scuffle-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:36:37","slug":"key-russian-ally-calls-for-peace-negotiations-in-ukraine-end-this-scuffle-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/key-russian-ally-calls-for-peace-negotiations-in-ukraine-end-this-scuffle-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Russian ally calls for peace negotiations in Ukraine: \u2018End this scuffle\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkey-russian-ally-calls-for-peace-negotiations-in-ukraine-end-this-scuffle-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2325271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scandal-plagued-illinois-democrat-resigns-from-office\/\" title=\"Scandal-Plagued Illinois Democrat Resigns from Office\">close ally<\/a>\u200d of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has \u2064called \u2063for peace\u2063 negotiations to resolve\u200d the ongoing war in Ukraine, which he referred to\u200b as a\u2064 &#8220;scuffle.&#8221; In a recorded interview scheduled to \u2063air on Russian state\u200b television, \u2064Lukashenko highlighted that the conflict \u2063serves\u2064 the interests of\u200c Western \u2064nations rather than those of the Ukrainian, Russian, or Belarusian people. He\u200b urged both Russia and Ukraine to\u200b engage in dialogue to\u200c end the \u200dfighting, contrasting \u2062sharply\u2064 with Putin&#8217;s recent aggressive rhetoric against Ukraine, which has \u200bdismissed any potential for negotiations. Lukashenko also reassured that Belarus has no intention of\u200d going to war \u2063with Ukraine, emphasizing that Ukrainians have expressed a\u2064 desire for peace. His comments come amid \u2064a\u2062 backdrop of Belarus hosting\u200d Russian troops and being a staging area \u2062for Russia&#8217;s \u200binitial invasion \u2062of Ukraine.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Key Russian ally calls for peace negotiations in Ukraine: &lsquo;End this scuffle&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1115262\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/belarus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Belarusian\">Belarusian<\/a> President Alexander Lukashenko, who is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin&rsquo;s closest allies, called for peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, which he characterized as a &ldquo;scuffle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Belarus has remained neutral throughout the war, but it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/446013\/russian-troops-pour-into-belarus-by-the-trainload\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"hosts\">hosts<\/a> thousands of Russian troops and served as the staging ground for the initial thrust into Kyiv in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-under-pressure-to-tank-biden-health-care-nominee\/\" title=\"Manchin Under Pressure to Tank Biden Health Care Nominee\">opening days<\/a> of the invasion. In a recorded interview set to air on the Russian state news channel Russia 1 on Sunday, Lukashenko cast a different message than Putin by suggesting that Russia and Ukraine should come to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-criticizes-taliban-for-failing-to-meet-commitments\/\" title=\"Pentagon criticizes Taliban for failing to meet commitments\">negotiating table<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this handout photo released by the Belarusian Presidential Press Office, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a parade marking Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. In November 1996, the holiday was set on July 3, the day when Minsk was liberated by the former Red Army of the Soviet Union, renamed the Soviet Army in 1946, from the Nazi invaders in 1944. (Belarusian Presidential Press Office via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s sit down at the negotiating table and end this scuffle,&rdquo; he said, referring to the war.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Neither the Ukrainian people, nor the Russians, nor the Belarusians need it,&rdquo; he continued, according to <em>Politico<\/em>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s them in the West who need [the war]. I cannot reveal these facts. They are absolutely classified. But sometimes they speak openly &mdash; high-ranking people. Saying, let them beat each other, Ukrainians, Russians, let everyone die in this cauldron.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His comments struck the opposite tone of Putin, who in recent days raged against Ukraine and suggested negotiations were off the table after its incursion into Russia&rsquo;s Kursk province and alleged attack against the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What kind of negotiations can we talk about with people who indiscriminately attack the civilian population, civilian infrastructure, or try to create threats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-are-computer-hackers-and-where-did-that-name-come-from\/\" title=\"What Are \u2018Computer Hackers,\u2019 And Where Did That Name Come From?\">nuclear power facilities<\/a>? What can we even talk about with them?&rdquo; Putin said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Lukashenko also dismissed concerns of Belarus possibly going to war with Ukraine and said Ukraine doesn&rsquo;t want to.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ukrainians saw that. They constantly told us they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t need war with Belarus. We understand this and say we will not fight with you [Ukrainians],&rdquo; Lukashenko said, referring to his deployment of more Belarusian troops to the border.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The entire border is 1,200 kilometers. Now, the northeastern district of the front is 1,000. Are we ready for more? No. And Kursk showed this,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian president also bashed Lithuania for banning vehicles with Belarusian license plates from entering the country and called the country&rsquo;s government &ldquo;genuine crazies.&rdquo; He claimed the country was a jewel during Soviet times but has since deteriorated and nothing is made there anymore. Lukashenko touted his suit, which he said was made by a local Belarusian tailor rather than a foreign maker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko has ruled Belarus after landslide victories in the first free Belarusian election since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1994, with over 80% of the vote. He has since won every subsequent reelection campaign in landslide victories, which have all been widely dismissed by international watchdogs as fraudulent. He has, at times, openly embraced the label of &ldquo;dictator,&rdquo; usually jokingly.<\/p>\n<p>After attempting to play both sides between Russia and the West, Lukashenko has been increasingly reliant on Russia since 2020, when massive protests over election fraud threatened his hold on power. In June 2023, he served as a mediator between Putin and Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin during his daring mutiny and march on Moscow.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1115262\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1115262\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has urged for peace talks to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, which he referred to as a &#8220;scuffle.&#8221; While Belarus has maintained a neutral stance during the war, it accommodates thousands of Russian troops and was instrumental in the initial assault on Kyiv at the beginning of the invasion. In an interview scheduled to air on Russia 1 this Sunday, Lukashenko presented a contrasting viewpoint to Putin by advocating for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. He stated, &#8220;Let\u2019s sit down at the negotiating table and end this scuffle,&#8221; emphasizing that neither Ukrainians nor Russians nor Belarusians desire continued conflict. He suggested that it is Western interests that benefit from the war but refrained from disclosing specific classified information regarding these claims.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko&#8217;s remarks diverged sharply from Putin&#8217;s recent rhetoric, where he expressed outrage over Ukrainian actions and dismissed any possibility of negotiations following incidents involving attacks on Russian territory and nuclear facilities. In his comments about potential conflict with Ukraine, Lukashenko reassured that Ukrainians do not seek war with Belarus either: &#8220;Ukrainians have told us they didn\u2019t want war with Belarus&#8230; we will not fight with you [Ukrainians].&#8221; He also criticized Lithuania for its ban on vehicles bearing Belarusian license plates.<\/p>\n<p>Having ruled Belarus since winning over 80% of votes in what was deemed its first free election post-Soviet Union in 1994\u2014followed by several contested reelections\u2014Lukashenko has increasingly leaned towards Russia since facing significant protests against alleged electoral fraud in 2020. Notably, he acted as a mediator during Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin&#8217;s mutiny against Putin earlier this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2325272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Lukashenko.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,38268,4280,6991],"class_list":["post-2325271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-peace-negotiations","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Lukashenko.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}