Belarus Calls on U.S. involvement in Donbass Talks

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Belarus Foreign Minister Makei believes that without the participation of the United States, the conflict in the Donbass cannot be resolved. He explained this by the fact that the United States has its own interests in Ukraine. Belarus Foreign Minister Makei believes that without the participation of the United States, the conflict in Donbass cannot be resolved. He explained this by the fact that the United States has its own interests in Ukraine. Belarus called on the U.S.A. involvement in the settlement of the conflict in the east of Ukraine. “Today Ukraine is at the crossroads of interests of various powers, including the United States. U.S. interest is clearly present here. We can see this from recent events, statements by both American and European officials. If there is U.S. interest there, then without U.S. participation this conflict is unlikely to be resolved,” said Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei in an interview published on the website of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, October 1. Makei noted the inefficiency of the Minsky agreements and the Normandy format in resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine. “We may witness that a certain time has passed, but this work in the Normandy format, the Minsk agreements still fail. It means that somewhere we didn’t fully agree, something, maybe we didn’t fully envisage it ... But if we see that it doesn’t work in this format, we understand that, probably, this issue is not possible without the United States of America will be resolved, let’s try to attract the United States to this issue if they are ready to contribute to the resolution of this conflict,” the minister said. At the same time, Makei noted that the main guarantee of a successful settlement of the conflict in Donbass is the pursuit of this goal by all parties involved. “There should be a genuine interest from all parties involved. Otherwise, you can gather many times, but there will be no sense,” the Belarusian Foreign Minister said. DW