MINSK, 23 February (BelTA) – The scenario when external threats are carried out through internal sources is inadmissible for Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko said at the ceremony held on 23 February to award new ranks to top officers of the army and power-wielding agencies, BelTA has learned.
“Unfortunately the new century did not free the mankind from wars. The escalation of global tension continues,” the head of state said. In his words, the events of the recent years clearly demonstrate that the world has entered a new reality where confrontations do not stop even for a moment.
Alexander Lukashenko added that the “systemic use of violent methods in non-military areas, especially finance, economy, and information sector, has changed the essence of modern warfare.” All means, both military and non-military, are now used simultaneously. “Its elements which were tested in Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Libya are widely used today,” the President stressed. “We can see this in Syria, Ukraine, and other states. All recent military conflicts have one thing in common: external threats are carried out through internal sources. As a rule, these attempts end with the change of government and the destruction of the state.”
“This scenario is inadmissible for us. However, there have attempts to impose it on Belarus,” the President added.
