“I cannot call it anything other than a whim of the Ukrainian side.
It is clear that the place of conducting certain negotiations or consultations always has a certain value, but a certain one - and no more, it is never decisive until the receiving party is a direct participant in the negotiations.
In this case, the Belarusian side is not a participant in the negotiation process.
She acts as an organizer, she provides logistics, and at no stage, as far as I know, none of the participants in the negotiation process had any complaints about the Belarusian side as a host, as an organizer.
Everything else is from the evil one, ”the senator emphasized.
According to him, this is an attempt to sabotage this process once again, to delay its progress.
“It is clear that if Minsk refuses, the topic of finding a new place will arise at the next stage.
Then, on this new place (one can assume), some additional questions or claims from other participants may arise.
And all this will begin to turn into a sluggish process of discussing logistics formalities without moving forward in essence, and this is the real goal of the Ukrainian side: it is not interested in moving forward in the negotiation process, "Kosachev concluded.
Earlier, Reznikov announced Kiev's refusal to take part in the negotiations in Minsk.
In Ukraine, they insist on finding another city for negotiations on Donbass.
He also said that the Ukrainian side "has no confidence" in Belarus.
According to him, in Minsk "the opinion of a pro-Russian trend and an anti-Ukrainian character prevails."