The head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko believes that Ukraine must be integrated by the state. About it he told reporters after the event, the official ceremony of inauguration of newly elected President of Petro Poroshenko, which took place on the first day weekend.

" Ukraine must be integrated by the state and will be so ", - Lukashenka said in comments to reporters. In his vision, Ukraine should come to a consensus With Russia.

" The main thing is that Ukrainians, our citizens get out of this situation. I don't think it's horrible. Too much here is blown passions, Too much talk in this respect, for this reason, we just need to calm down and in the new period, if it can be called after the election of the new President, to stabilize the situation, " added the Belarusian leader.

Since mid-April, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine a special operation to suppress the protest movement, which emerged as a reaction to the replacement of the authorities, which have occurred in the country on 22 February after several days of clashes in the centre of Kiev and had evidence of coup d'etat. Active hostilities were stopped at some time during the 25 may presidential elections. However, on 26 may, they resumed. In the Russian capital this special operation, which has already led to numerous casualties on both sides and among the peaceful residents, called punitive and campaigning Kiev immediately to stop her.

Poroshenko asked in a persistent form from security officials to his official event took office on 7 June to complete the " mopping-up " of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, where the self-proclaimed at the beginning of April the " people's Republic " after the referenda may eleven declared its independence.

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