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Lukashenko identifies source of funding for resolving all climate problems
DUBAI, 1 December (BelTA) – To resolve climate problems, it is necessary to stop all wars and conflicts on the planet, BelTA learned from Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko on the sidelines of the 28th conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai.
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Everyone looks for sources of funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. They are easy to find. First of all, it is necessary to stop wars and conflicts on the planet and everything that goes with it. And we will find about $5 trillion. It is five times as much as what we are trying to find today in order to reduce emissions.”
The head of state remarked that under the Paris Agreement Belarus fully honors its commitments and even exceeds them. “If everyone works like that, we won’t need summits,” he added.
Foreign reporters asked the head of state about his stance on the conflict in Ukraine and pointed out that Vladimir Zelensky had not come to the summit.
“Ukraine has been invited. Vladimir Zelensky should have been here. He may still be on the way. The forum is not over yet. He will come,” Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked.
Speaking about prospects of the establishment of peace in Ukraine, the Belarusian leader referred to the speech of his Brazilian counterpart. In particular, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pointed out that $2 trillion spent on weapons last year should have been spent on fighting hunger and climate change instead of wars.
Aleksandr Lukashenko is convinced: “If all the leading world powers, key players, who are interested in ending the war in Ukraine, think like Brazil does, then there will be no war.”
The interview with representatives of various foreign mass media also touched upon Belarus’ cooperation with Africa (the head of state described it as a new trend for the republic), production of hydrocarbons, and the Middle East crisis.
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