Lukashenko’s Iran visit serves Russia's interests – US State Department

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said this at a daily press briefing on March 13. 

"As for Lukashenko's visit to Iran, we see it as extension of the deepening relationship between Iran and Russia," Price said.

According to the US State Department spokesperson, relations between Moscow and Tehran have long been a source of concern, especially in the area of military cooperation between the two countries. At the same time, the United States is concerned about the Lukashenko regime's ties to the Kremlin, in particular, its desire to cede sovereignty of its own state to Russia.

“We’ve talked about it in terms of the security assistance that Iran is providing Russia, and vice versa, and we’ve also made the point that, in what Lukashenko has offered to Russia, he has essentially ceded his sovereignty to the Kremlin, to Russia,” he noted.

The State Department spokesperson also said that the White House is closely monitoring the development of relations between Russia and Iran, as well as the results of Lukashenko's visit to Tehran.

• On March 12, Alexander Lukashenko began a two-day visit to Iran. The self-proclaimed president of Belarus and Iranian leader Ebrahim Raisi signed a roadmap for cooperation between the two countries.