President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced Minsk doesn’t intend to argue neither with Azerbaijan nor Armenia, including over the extradition of blogger Alexander Lapshin.
Lukashenko doesn’t want to argue neither with Azerbaijan nor Armenia
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 28, ARTSAKHPRESS: “We are close nations, and we will remain so. Armenia’s attitude towards Azerbaijan is different, but it is also a close nation for us……Why should we argue or quarrel with Azerbaijan or Armenia? Perhaps sometime we will be needed for Azerbaijan and Armenia…”, Lukashenko said during a meeting with the Armenian Ambassador Armen Khachatryan on March 28 in Minsk. The President was quoted by his press service.
Along with this, as reported by RIA Novosti, Lukashenko commented on the extradition of Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan,
“Lapshin was wanted by Azerbaijan. But why was he arrested here? We could have gone anywhere he wanted. But he was arrested. Interpol was aware. We notified properly, law abidingly. Who should we had extradited him to? To the side who issued the arrest warrant”, Lukashenko said, adding that “No one wanted to take Lapshin”. “It’s after this that they started to play this card. He is a citizen of three countries, none of these wanted him. But no, they try to present the issue upside down and that’s it”, Lukashenko said.
“Therefore in any issue there are some subtexts, and this issue will be talked about in a way that’s beneficial for some”, he said.
