“Crimea was de facto recognized by Belarus back in 2014, now it remains to put the final point.
And this will be done at the time of Alexander Grigorievich's visit to Crimea, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
He stressed that the Crimean community has repeatedly invited Lukashenka to visit the region.
Earlier, Lukashenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti that Crimea de facto and de jure became Russian after the 2014 referendum.
The Kremlin called this statement important, as well as the fact that, in the perception of the Belarusian side, Crimea is de facto and de jure Russian.
As Senator from Crimea Olga Kovitidi noted in an interview with RT, the statement of the President of Belarus testifies to Lukashenko's recognition of the most important democratic principle - the right of the people to self-determination.
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014, in which the majority of the peninsula's residents voted in favor of reunification with Russia.