Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko met with Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas on Tuesday to discuss the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The head of state spoke on this and other issues related to the situation in the CSTO, including Belarus' position on the matter, BelTA reported.
“This conflict [between Armenia and Azerbaijan] must be settled. God forbid we let the conflict on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan flare up. This is unacceptable. We must put an end to this. That is not good that we cannot stop these conflicts in the CSTO. We should discuss these issues very seriously at the next session of the CSTO,” the Belarusian leader said.
Lukashenko noted that Russia is already a mediator in the settlement of the situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and that is quite enough.
"The war is over. It is clear how it ended. The parties have decided that they need a mediator; this is a norm, a classic. Naturally, it is Russia. They have petitioned to Russia. Russia has sent hundreds of people there. We remember how airplanes used to fly. Russian border guards, as Putin said, are at all border locations both with Turkey and Iran, between Armenia and Azerbaijan, etc. What else is needed? Let them work in that regard. I did not say for nothing that a certain game is going on. I understand what kind of game, why they have engaged the European Union there if there is already a mediator there. And shall they engage the CSTO as well there? It seems that there is nothing else to do," said the Belarusian President.
