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Belarus strongman and close Kremlin ally Alexander Lukashenko has said during a visit to China that his country fully supports an initiative put forward by Beijing to achieve peace in Ukraine. “Today’s meeting is taking place at a very difficult time, which calls for new, unorthodox approaches and responsible political decisions,” Lukashenko told China’s President Xi Jinping. “They should be aimed at first and foremost preventing a slide into a global confrontation that will see no winners,” he said. “That is why Belarus is actively coming up with peace proposals, and fully supports the initiative on international security you have...