President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who visited our country for the first time.
“We all support the aspiration of the Belarusian people to free themselves from Russian interference, and we know that Russia is now trying to drag Belarus even deeper into this war against Ukraine. We value every expression of support from Belarusians for a free Ukraine,” the Head of State said.
The President highlighted Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s position regarding the responsibility of the regime of Alexander Lukashenko for Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2022 through the use of Belarusian territory for the ground offensive, missile launches, and the deployment of Russian weapons.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is confident that the day will come when good-neighborly relations between the two countries will be restored – based on their real independence from Moscow.
“Ukraine has never been a threat to Belarus. And we are grateful to those Belarusians who stand with Ukraine – now, when the fate of both our independence and the independence of every nation that borders Russia is being decided,” the Head of State stressed.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya thanked the President of Ukraine for warning partners that an escalation could begin from Belarusian territory.
“I am grateful for this meeting. I came to discuss how we can help you. We ourselves are in a difficult situation, without a state. But there is strong demand among our people to help Ukraine – from our IT experts, volunteers, and diaspora,” she said.
This was the second meeting between the President of Ukraine and the Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus. The first took place on January 25 this year in Vilnius.
