“As far as I know, they called not only the President of Russia (Vladimir Putin. - RT ). Requests for telephone conversations from both European leaders were also sent to Minsk - Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who did not answer and didn’t pick up the phone, ”ERR quotes him.
Earlier, Merkel said that Lukashenka refused to speak to her on the phone several times.
The Belarusian leader, in turn, asked Putin to convey to Merkel a request not to interfere in the affairs of Belarus.
At the same time, Lukashenko offered Macron "mediation" in negotiations with the "yellow vests" in response to his words about his readiness to support the dialogue between the Belarusian authorities and the opposition.