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Lukashenko was asked whether Belarus is ready to shelter Maduro

Nicolas Maduro. An archive photo

 MINSK, 16 December (BelTA) – In an interview with the U.S. TV company Newsmax Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko was asked whether Belarus was ready to shelter Nicolas Maduro if he retired from the office of the Venezuelan president, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Maduro has never been our enemy or adversary. Never. If he wanted to come to Belarus, our doors are always open for him. But frankly speaking, we’ve never talked about it. Maduro is not the kind of man to leave everything and flee. He is a strong person of the Hugo Chavez variety. He is a strong man, a decent and sensible person one can talk to and come to terms with.”

The Belarusian head of state remarked that he was aware of idle talk in the mass media community regarding an alleged agreement that Nicolas Maduro would come to Belarus and would live here. “We’ve never talked about it with Maduro. To be honest, we talk to Americans about Venezuela more than we do with Maduro about his retirement and some actions. He is a heroic man,” the head of state stressed.

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