# Lukashenko ready to meet Trump, but ‘not as a movie extra’

https://mins.news/en/item/54561

- TASS, 2026-09-11 12:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2186155

> Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he is willing to meet US leader Donald Trump if the talks produce results. Discussing participation in a peace council on Gaza, he stresses that he does not want to meet merely to play along, asking what would follow a handshake and departure.

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