Lukashenko: Today is the moment for the Ukrainians and the West to sit down at the negotiating table and come to an agreement

"Today is the moment for the Ukrainians and the West to sit down at the negotiating table and come to an agreement. This was stated by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to journalists in the Kremlin, answering the question about the prospects for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, BelTA reports.

"If the President of Russia yesterday (at the talks with Alexander Lukashenko in the Kremlin - BELTA's note) devoted half of his opening remarks to peace talks, from the diplomatic point of view you understand what this is about. It seems to me that today is the moment, first of all for the Ukrainians and for the West, to sit down at the negotiating table and make a final agreement. There is one principle, Putin is good in this respect (he does not deviate from his previous statements): there are documents (developed earlier as a result of peace talks in Belarus and Turkey). - BELTA note), they have been initialed by both the Russian and Ukrainian sides. Let's go back to these documents and dance from them. Or let's stop on the principles laid down in the documents. Is it wrong? Right," said the Belarusian leader.

"Therefore, it is a very good moment for Ukraine and Ukrainian curators to make a decision. It should be taken. I understand the President of Russia, he reasonably does it. This is a litmus test. If you want to negotiate, go ahead, we are open, we agree. Here are the documents, let's sit down at the table. Let's not turn around any further, let's stop at what was in those documents at the time."