Belarusian courtiers and other commentators sympathetic to Alexander Lukashenko who claim that the Old Man recognized Crimea with his recent “greetings” are mistaken or disingenuous.
Russian political scientist Andrei Suzdaltsev said this on air on the PolitWera Internet channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Suzdaltsev, before Russia provides Belarus with further loans or discounts, official Minsk must recognize the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation at the level of the country’s government.
“First of all, in order to fly to Crimea, you must, at least out of respect for the people who live there, recognize Crimea as part of Russia. Officially.
Not like the Belarusian channels are now singing, that “he admitted it there.” He didn’t admit it, don’t lie!
Some deputies there (Russian ones said) that “he admitted” - what did he admit? Is this a special statement by the government of Belarus, is this a decision of the parliament of Belarus, is there some kind of decree that recognizes the territorial integrity of Russia?
You want to get huge resources from Russia and do not recognize it within its borders. Guys, what is this anyway?” – said Suzdaltsev.
Earlier, pro-government Belarusian commentators said that the words of the President of Belarus at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, who complained that he was not invited to Crimea, were a harbinger of the imminent recognition of the Russian status of the peninsula by Minsk.