MOSCOW. Feb 18 (Interfax) - Our region has ended up on the verge of a real conflict for the first time in decades, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday.
"You see that it does not depend even on our neighbors, including Ukraine, anymore. It is also obvious to you who the exacerbation of tensions near our borders depends on. For the first time in decades, we have ended up on the verge of a conflict, which, unfortunately, is capable of drawing in almost the entire continent, like a vortex," Lukashenko said.
"Today, we're witnessing, in all its glory, irresponsibility and, forgive my frankness, the stupidity of a number of Western politicians and the behavior denying logic and reasonable explanations of the leaders of our neighboring states and their downright morbid desire to walk right on the edge," the Belarusian president said.