Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said Friday that the conflict involving Iran is fundamentally a war with Israel rather than the United States, while expressing confidence that the fighting will come to an end before the year is over.
– “It’s a war between Israel and Iran, to which Americans got into because of the position, the politics of certain leaders of the United States of America,” Lukashenko told Al Arabiya English in an exclusive interview that airs on Monday at 18:00 GMT.
– He added that he believed the war would end this year. “And I know the stance of the president of the United States of America, who has a lot of weight in this confrontation. He is aimed at stopping the war,” Lukashenko added.
– The Belarusian leader reiterated that diplomacy was the only way out.