
MINSK, 16 September (BelTA) – Belarus seeks to conquer no one but is capable of countering any aggressor, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at an awards ceremony in Minsk on 16 September, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko also commented on the ongoing Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2025: “The exercise that is currently running in Belarus is a routine drill. It is a Belarusian-Russian exercise. And we are practicing everything there. They know it too, we are not hiding it. Starting from conventional firearms to nuclear warheads. Again, we must be able to do all this. Otherwise, what is the point of having it on the territory of Belarus. But we are by no means going to threaten anyone with this.”