“The position of Belarus in the Crimea remains same as it was We recognize the reality that the Crimea is now the Russian territory Let’s start with this..” – he said in an interview with RIA Novosti, Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makey
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Earlier, Alexander Lukashenko during the Supreme State Council of the Union State online meeting complained that Vladimir Putin did not take him to the Crimea. In response, the Russian leader told him to visit the memorial complex in Sevastopol dedicated to the Civil War. Lukashenko also asked Putin, who was at that moment on the peninsula, Crimeans convey congratulations on the National Unity Day, celebrated on November 4.