Minsk, Feb 28 : The Ukrainian delegation that has left for talks with Russia is already in Belarus, a source close to the negotiating process told Sputnik on Monday. The meeting is expected to start on Monday morning, the source added. “The platform for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Belarus has been prepared, the arrival of delegations is expected,” Belta news agency quoted Belarusian foreign ministry spokesman Anatoly Glaz as saying. The government of Belarus on Sunday rejected the claims made on internet over participation of its armed forces in the military operation to demilitarise Ukraine.
“The information disseminated on the Internet about the participation of Belarusian armed forces in the operation carried out in Donbas does not correspond to reality. Formations and military units of Belarus are at permanent deployment points, they are implementing the training plan for the armed forces in accordance with their intended purpose,” Belarusian Defence Minister’s Assistant for Ideological Work in Armed Forces, Major General Leonid Kasinsky said in a statement published on the ministry’s Telegram channel.
With agency inputs
