President answered questions from Associated Press news agency

Alexander Lukashenko gave an interview to huge news agency Associated Press. Among the topics covered were the situation in Ukraine, the exercises of the Belarusian armed forces, allied relations between Belarus and Russia. Associated Press Vice President Ian Philips was the interviewer. The journalist's portfolio includes interviews with the leaders of Syria, Egypt and many other countries in Latin America and the Middle East. In general, the agency includes 7 thousand newspapers, 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. And this is more than ten thousand paid subscribers – from the Belarusian media holding to the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company and the Qatari Al Jazeera.