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In his words, then Ukraine submitted a draft resolution on Chernobyl-related cooperation. “They virtually stole the complete text of the previous resolution, the previous draft from us,” Valentin Rybakov said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The United Nations Organization. What is it nowadays? What are the prospects of this organization from your point of view? Well, and what should we do in this organization? Naturally as one of the organization's founding countries we cannot calmly watch what is going on over there."

“Despite all the difficulties we are facing during our work in the UN, we still believe that this organization is the only universal platform where member states meet,” stressed Valentin Rybakov.

Belarus Permanent Representative to the UN, Valentin Rybakov, commented on the invitation sent to Aleksandr Lukashenko for participation...

“We are disappointed with the results of the election. The entire election campaign was held in extremely difficult conditions, under great pressure from the collective West. We know the facts of coercion to vote for Slovenia. Some countries were threatened no funding for development projects, technical assistance and so on if they vote for Belarus,” Valentin Rybakov said.

The 10 non-permanent seats are allocated to represent all regions equally

The defense ministers of Russia and Belarus met in Minsk to sign “nuclear sharing” documents related to the deployment and storage of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

Belarus and Slovenia are engaged in the debates. Belarus is represented by the country's permanent representative in the UN Valentin Rybakov while Slovenia is represented by the country's permanent representative in the UN Bostjan Malovrh.

On March 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that at Minsk’s request, Moscow would deploy its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, similar to what the United States had long been doing on the territory of its allies

During the debates Valentin Rybakov asked Slovenia's representative to explain what made his country to drastically change initial plans and bid for UN Security Council non-permanent membership in 2021.