Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus is now threatened from the outside — "they are trying to divide the Belarusian society, make it feel fear and distrust to one another." "This is revenge for the fact that we are building our truly independent state, that people of Belarus want to be masters in their own house and determine their own destiny," convinced the politician.
The President noted that «brutal information and political war is now underway.» «But we must clearly understand: most of all the problems are artificially imposed on us,» he added. This was stated by the country’s leader during the laying of wreaths at the Victory Monument on May 9.
Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus openly and strongly expresses its position on the inadmissibility of solving problems through military conflict. «The sufferings of the Belarusian people for the period of wars of the twentieth century give us the full right to declare this aloud,» said the president.
The head of state added that the strength of the young republic of Belarus is a devotion to «the traditions of generations of winners, as well as the unity and cohesion of the people.» «We sincerely want peace, and strive to develop friendly relations with all countries and peoples. But at any moment we are ready to defend our independence, political and social gains,» he said.
Alexander Lukashenko expressed his gratitude to the veterans for the feat that they have committed, striving for peace and freedom for all peoples. «Your courage and tradition of serving the Motherland will be adequately pursued. We will do everything possible to make future generations proud of our accomplishments of today, just as we are proud of your great heroism. We will do our best to be worthy of you!» curled president.
There’re New Politicians for whom War — Commonplace, Lukashenko
A new generation of politicians, for whom the concept of war is becoming commonplace, have appeared in the global society, said Alexander Lukashenko. «Today we again see diktat and aggression of some countries and military blocs, the intervention in the internal affairs of sovereign states, the heyday of international terrorism,» he said.
The head of state reminded that military conflicts are still underway in the XXI century on the Earth.
«These events cause involuntary association with the period of the Great Patriotic War, World War II. Today, as it used to be, the established and proven standards and rules of world order are breaking down, as well as wild, anti-human practice of military solution of international problems is being applied. Primal principle is triumphant again — «the strongest has more rights.» Again, a sacred right of peoples to decide their own destiny is trampled into the ground,» BelTA quoted President.
In his opinion, the reasons for this situation is a new generation of politicians in the global arena, who derive their knowledge about the war only from the militants, although they themselves have lost no their relatives and friends.
«The worst thing is that war becomes commonplace for these politicians. We see as the world’s leaders mindlessly make decisions about the bombing of civilian towns, condemning to death thousands of women, children and the elderly and at the same time considering themselves democratic countries. Again, human life is almost worthless. And the fate of entire nations is being sacrificed to selfish geopolitical interests … the problem is that war is treated like an exciting game of chess, not as a massacre, in the world of high politics,» he said .
The Belarusian leader pointed out that the story gives people a serious lesson to avoid similar mistakes in the future. «Concern for the safety of the country is the most important task of both the state leadership and all citizens,» he concluded.
