'We have defense cooperation with Russia, but our policy regarding the war in Ukraine is not sending weapons to the conflicting parties, stopping the war, and ending the displacement of people,' he said.

In a separate phone call with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on October 14, Amir-Abdollahian reiterated Iran's official stance of neutrality over the war, which started nearly eight months ago. Iran said the decision was 'driven by baseless information provided by foreign media propaganda.” Last month, Kyiv said it is significantly reducing its diplomatic relations with Tehran over arms deliveries to Russia. 'We have not considered and do not consider war to be the right path either in Ukraine or in Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen.'Įarlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Iranian drones were used in Russian attacks on energy infrastructure in several Ukrainian cities.

'We believe that the arming of each side of the crisis will prolong the war,' the Iranian foreign minister said in a call with his Portuguese counterpart, Joao Gomes Cravinho. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian 'emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran has not and will not provide any weapon to be used in the war in Ukraine,' the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The topic is expected to be discussed by European Union foreign ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg on October 17.

Kyiv and Washington have accused Tehran of supplying drones to Russia to use in its unprovoked war against its neighbor. Iran has once again rejected allegations that it has supplied Russia with weapons to be used in the war in Ukraine, its Foreign Ministry said on October 15. Russian forces used Belarus as a staging post for their February 24 invasion of Ukraine, sending troops and equipment into northern Ukraine from bases inside Belarus. 'There should be no war on the territory of Belarus,' he added.īelarus relies financially and politically on its key ally Russia. He said the formation of these troops started two days ago, coinciding with an explosion on a bridge linking Crimea to Russia that Moscow blamed on Ukraine.īelarus 'must have plans in advance to counter all kinds of scoundrels who are trying to drag us into a fight,' Lukashenka said. 'We have agreed to deploy a regional grouping of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus,' he added, without specifying where the troops would be deployed. 'I've said already that today Ukraine is not just discussing but planning strikes on the territory of Belarus,' state news agency Belta quoted Lukashenka as saying during a meeting with security officials. Belarus's authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, said that Russia and Belarus will deploy a joint military task force, claiming without evidence that Ukraine is planning to attack his country.

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