“Minsk, as a direct neighbor, is interested in being a participant in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on a strategic peace settlement and is ready to create all the necessary conditions for their continuation, including on Belarusian soil,” he said, TASS quoted him as saying.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier that after returning from the United States he intends to continue telephone conversations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.