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“The position of Belarus on Crimea remains the same. We understand in reality that Crimea is now Russian territory. Let's proceed from this, “the Foreign Minister said.
In early November, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko lamented that Russian leader Vladimir Putin did not take him with him during his recent visit to Crimea.
At the same time, in August, Lukashenko said that he would recognize Crimea as part of Russia after all Russian oligarchs did it. “When the last oligarch in Russia recognizes Crimea and starts supplying products there, the matter will not rust with me. Though a lot connects me. The Budapest Declaration, he said. – My signature is there. But I will step over this too. ”
In June, Lukashenka announced that the issue of opening flights to Crimea would be considered due to the fact that Ukraine closed the airspace for Belarusian aircraft after the incident with the Ryanair airliner. An aircraft flying from Athens to Vilnius made an emergency landing in Minsk due to reports of an explosion threat on board. After that, the Belarusian security forces detained two passengers: the former editor-in-chief of the opposition Telegram-channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend.