Iranian VP meets Lukashenko in Belarus

Iran’s First-Vice President, Mohammad Mokhber, visited Minsk, Belarus, on Tuesday morning at the invitation of Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko.

In Minsk, Mokhber met with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko. In this meeting, President Lukashenko said the United States of America is directing the spearhead of the Middle East conflict against Iran, according to a BelTA report.

“The situation in the world is heating up. The Middle East crisis contributes to the fact that countries unfriendly to us – the United States of America and the West – are constantly directing the spearhead of this conflict against Iran. You know it better. Our answer is: we should work more closely with each other, cooperate to counter these attacks,” Lukashenko stressed.

The Belarusian president pointed out that Belarus and Iran should cooperate more closely with each other to counter the attacks of the West.

“I hope you will not be disappointed with your visit. We have a lot of issues to discuss. I hope our conversation will yield good practical results,” he told Mokhber, adding, “You know the situation in Belarus. It is about the same as your country. The pressure exerted on our states is unprecedented, but you have already learned to resist it to some extent, and your experience is valuable for us. What I am constantly surprised by is that during these large-scale actions, Iran has not decreased the level of its development, but, on the contrary, has significantly increased it.”

Lukashenko added, “Based on the experience of relations with Iran, on many years of cooperation with Iran, I can conclude that your and our government bodies need to learn to work faster. If we have agreed on something, it must be implemented on time. The most important thing for us is time, not sanctions and pressure. We should not lose time because of red tape.”