Lukashenka Expresses Certainty that Belarus Will Normalize Relations with USA, EU

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has expressed certainty that Belarus would normalize its relations with the United States and the European Union in the future.

“We want to quarrel with no one, neither with the West nor with the East,” official information sources quoted him as saying in an interview with Vietnamese reporters on April 4. “I believe that relations with Americans will normalize, there are prospects for the normalization of relations with the European Union.”

“I don’t see any problems in relations between Belarus and the rest of the world,” he said.

Mr. Lukashenka described the United States’ sanctions imposed on the Belnaftakhim petrochemical conglomerate as pressure but said that “these are futile attempts.” “We will find markets for our products,” he was quoted as saying.

The Belarusian leader reportedly said that “if they had not interfered with Belarus’ efforts to develop the economy, it would have grown at an even faster pace.” //BelaPAN