By Reuters
MINSK - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday the conflict in eastern Ukraine could not be resolved without US involvement in peace talks.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is seen during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Minsk, Belarus June 18, 2019.
(REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/Pool/File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN)
A diplomatic breakthrough last week potentially opened the way for an international summit between France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine aimed at finding a way to end the fighting.
“It won’t be possible to resolve the conflict without the participation of the United States,” Lukashenko said.
Belarus is a close ally of Russia.