Statements by the Russian leadership humiliate the Belarusian people - A. Lukashenko

June 22, Minsk / Vladimir Matveev - BELTA /. Statements by the Russian leadership humiliate the Belarusian people. This was stated today by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, BELTA correspondent reports. "I want to publicly inform you about the conflict that is escalating into a gas war between Gazprom and Belarus. They say it's a dispute between economic entities, but I don't understand how such a dispute can escalate to the level of the highest political leadership of the country. This is no longer a dispute between economic entities. Excuse me, when they start to humiliate us with not even cutlets, or sausages, butter and pancakes - we perceive this as an insult to the Belarusian people. The president, including that of a neighboring allied state, should not behave like this," Alexander Lukashenko said. The head of state stressed that Belarus did not expect such cynicism from the Russian leadership. -0-