The Belarusian president also stated that “there are records of USmade weapons confiscated from the possession of Hamas leaders.”
Alexander Lukashenko
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Opera Mundi Belarus President Alexandr Lukashenko said on Friday (October 27) that he fears the possibility that the current conflict in the Middle East, with the Israeli military offensive against the Palestinian community in the Gaza Strip, could lead to a third world war.
In a press conference with local and Russian media, the president explained that the US deployment of aircraft carrier groups and the rumor that they could carry out attacks against Iran on the grounds that the country was “financing” Hamas would lead to one lead to a major conflict that forces several countries to take a stand and engage in war.
“First, it must be taken into account that there is no evidence of Iranian involvement (in Hamas’s actions), but it must also be understood that the escalation of hostilities could become a path of no return and force other countries to take a stand.” or even decide to take part (in the war),” Lukashenko said.
The Belarusian president acknowledged the possibility that some of the weapons used by Hamas in recent days were made in Iran, but said that did not mean that the Tehran government was linked to the Palestinian group.
“U.S. and Israelimade drones are also used by Ukraine against Russia. The arms trade is like that. In both cases, something could be wrong, but it is legal,” Lukashenko compared.
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The Belarusian president stated: “There are also records of USmade weapons confiscated from the possession of Hamas leaders, and for this reason the United States is not accused of involvement in the group.” We must have one on this issue take a serious stance,” he added.
Lukashenko is currently one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most important allies on the international stage.
Last June, his intervention was crucial in defusing a possible internal conflict in the country after the military contractor Wagner PMC Group threatened to invade Moscow amid an uprising sparked by alleged friendly fire at a mercenary camp in southern Russia near the border had been provoked. with Ukraine.
At the end of the press conference, the Belarusian leader said that “the efforts on the part of the United States and Israel to sow chaos and trigger wars with the aim of preserving the North American hegemonic position are creating an international crisis, the consequences of which are not the case. “still noticeable, but that can be catastrophic.”