Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Russia is ready to apply all mechanisms provided for under the union treaty to ensure the security of Belarus and the Union State. [The Union State, or Union State of Russia and Belarus, is a supranational union consisting of Belarus and Russia, with the stated aim of deepening the relationship between the two states through integration in economic and defence policy - ed.]
Source: Russian news agency Interfax, citing Lavrov; Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti
Details: Speaking at a roundtable dedicated to the settlement of the war in Ukraine, Lavrov commented on statements by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy regarding Belarus. The Russian foreign minister claims these statements are aimed at drawing Belarus into the war and expanding the geography of hostilities.
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Quote: "This is clearly aimed at drawing Belarus directly into the conflict and expanding the geography of hostilities, thereby complicating the possibilities of settling the conflict by political and diplomatic means."
