Valery Tsepkalo had wanted to take on Alexander Lukashenko in the Belarus presidential election but was disqualified. As he put it, Belarus wanted to be neutral, like Switzerland, so Putin had better not send in the troops. We would strive to have a policy of neutrality as our goal in foreign policy, to form a belt of friendship on the borders of the Republic of Belarus,” Tsepkalo said. “We consider the U.S. as the main source of technology, the main source of investment, and we need this investment. We need investment from America and other countries in the West,” Tsepkalo remarked.

Source: Fox News August 21, 2020 17:26 UTC