“We ... have a very good relationship with him.
Everything that is written in Telegram channels is bullshit.
He did not demand anything from me, there was a very warm, kind conversation.
But I told him directly, in a friendly way: "Mike, despite this, I understand what's going on."
And I warned him: if only Poland, Lithuania and, perhaps, Ukraine will twitch there (this is not even discussed, they have no time for that), but Poles and Lithuanians, mostly Poles (that there are Lithuanians - there is no army), - well, we will answer, ”BelTA quotes Lukashenka as saying.
The Belarusian president noted that the US Secretary of State had assured him that "this can never be and will never happen."
“I say: ok, I heard.
We hear it, but we have to react.
I am not talking about Minsk yet, I am talking about these western regions, ”Lukashenka said.
Also, the Belarusian president assessed the socio-political situation, which, in his opinion, has developed in neighboring countries: in Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Earlier it was reported that during a telephone conversation with President Lukashenko, Secretary of State Pompeo urged him to immediately release the US citizen political strategist Vitaly Shklyarov, who was detained in Minsk, and let him leave Belarus.
Later, Pompeo announced the return of Shklyarov to the United States.