Belarus President: We do not want to be mediators!

Belarusian President: "We are a highly interested party because the war is practically in our backyard.

The war is already affecting us. We do not want this war, because we can suffer from it just as much as Ukrainians and Russians are suffering.

I have always believed that this conflict must be stopped, and peaceful agreements must be reached directly between the warring sides.

Only then, once we three Slavic peoples reach an agreement, will we together deal with the consequences."