Lukashenko’s call to Pashinyan ‘Sit down and solve the problem with Aliyev’

Lukashenko delivered a speech at the online extraordinary meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Lukashenko gave the following response to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who asked about the “CSTO’s position and assessment” on the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict:

He wants us to define our position. Don’t you know our position? We want a peaceful resolution of conflicts between neighboring states. You are asking for a road map to restore the territorial integrity of Armenia. What roadmap? I answer, sit down with (Azerbaijani President) Ilham Aliyev, if necessary, ask the Russian president and decide. If you don’t make a decision today, it will be worse later. You yourself understand this. We don’t need this conflict. These questions are more than strange, Nikol.

Recalling that they will meet in Yerevan next month as CSTO leaders, Lukashenko suggested re-examining the situation after the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia met on October 31.

THE MESSAGE “YOU CANNOT TACKLE KGAO AND AZERBAIJAN”

Noting that the situation is not a question of “CSTO on one side and Azerbaijan on the other”, Lukashenko recalled that the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, of which Azerbaijan is a member, are also members of CSTO.

Lukashenko said: “We have very close ties with Orthodox Armenia. We have very close relations with Muslim Azerbaijan. This is a particularly sensitive issue for other CSTO member states, including Russia, where 30 million Muslims live. So you have to take into account all the nuances.” he said.

For all these reasons, Armenia’s question “Is the CSTO with us or not?” Expressing that it would not be possible to raise such a question, Lukashenko emphasized that Aliyev currently rules Azerbaijan, so the problems expressed by Pashinyan can now be resolved.

Lukashenko said: “They say that Turkey supports Azerbaijan. And that? This is a policy. The Turks support Azerbaijan because they are close and brothers. Russia also supports Belarus and Belarus supports Russia. Because we are close and we are brothers. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the problem between Azerbaijan and Armenia now”. he used the phrase. (AA)