MINSK, 11 February (BelTA) – Belarus is going through a very dramatic and decisive period in its history, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the 6th Belarusian People's Congress in Minsk on 11 February, BelTA has learned.
“We are going through a very dramatic and critical period in the history of not only our state, but also the entire Belarusian nation. There were few such periods in the history of our country. This period can be compared to the collapse of the Soviet Union and its aftermath, or, to be more precise, to the first Belarusian People's Congress. The only difference is that back then there was complete hopelessness. There was no country, there was nothing at all. A tipping point, chaos in the minds of people,” the head of state said.
The president noted that many people, including him, remember that period well. The country is experiencing something like that now. However, what distinguishes the current situation is that Belarus has been subjected to an extremely fierce attack from the outside.
“They devised a very smart strategy. It was very important for them to test their methods and techniques not on a country that is a complete mess and on people who are confused and disoriented, but on a monolithic and seemingly normal state. If it worked, they could go on with it. It can be compared to testing weapons, it was a springboard for an attack on Russia,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
The pandemic also had an impact on these processes. “It seems like someone created this dramatic setting for showdowns and, as we usually say, color revolutions,” the head of state said.
