Speaking at the fourth Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, Lukashenko said he was offering a personal view, according to the state-run BelTA news agency. "This is my personal opinion. That's it: there is no strength and no resources, everyone is tired," he said, clarifying that he did not mean Russia's resources, which he said would "be enough for the whole world," but "resources in people's heads."
He did not set out terms for ending the war. Instead he proposed that Russia and Ukraine resume negotiations in Minsk: "Come, we will talk. Without any mediation." He declined to act as a mediator himself, saying he had grown "tired" of the role over 30 years.
Lukashenko also said the confrontation could have ended "within a few weeks" in 2022 but did not. By his account, Kyiv's British "friends" demanded it fight "to the last Ukrainian," flooding Ukraine with weapons, and "the real chance to achieve peace was lost." He blamed Europe for the escalation.
Separately, Lukashenko praised the policies of US President Donald Trump. He said they "keep Mother Europe from a third world war, which could end in a nuclear conflict," and that Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for it. He also claimed that certain forces want to draw Belarus into the war, but that Vladimir Putin allegedly knows of these attempts and does not want to allow them.
Earlier, US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff said a new round of trilateral talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine would be held on November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi. According to Reuters, the US will be represented at the meeting by Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner as mediators between Moscow and Kyiv. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian delegation will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.