Lukashenko will be Zelensky's best choice for his first foreign visit
The first foreign visit of the newly elected President Vladimir Zelensky would be worth making to Minsk, since the majority of Ukrainians sympathize with the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
In addition, this will give Zelensky an opportunity to demonstrate an attempt to solve the Donbass problem without resorting to negotiations with Putin for now.
Ukrainian political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In your opinion, the first foreign visit of Vladimir Zelensky - where should Vladimir Alexandrovich fly?” – the presenter asked the expert.
“The question is, if I were Zelensky’s adviser, where would I suggest flying? I may not say this very seriously, but I think it would be nice to fly to Minsk and talk with the President of Belarus. I will explain why: Zelensky has already said several times that public opinion is important to him, “what people think, I want to listen to people” and so on.
If you listen to people and ask them which foreign political figure inspires the greatest trust of Ukrainian citizens, you will find out that Lukashenko. Therefore, why not go to Lukashenko, especially since he is showing readiness to act as some kind of mediator in this conflict,” Pogrebinsky said.
Lukashenko will be Zelensky's best choice for his first foreign visit.