MINSK, 6 July (BelTA) – The European sanctions are basically a punitive operation with a modern twist, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss response to sanctions on 6 July, BelTA has learned.
This is not about the emergency landing of the Ryanair flight in Minsk or the non-conformity of the Belarusian state system to Western standards, the president stressed. “They claim Belarus is a dictatorship. They planned all these ‘changes' only with one aim: to make room for their own business. We have already seen the same happen in our southern neighbor Ukraine. They destroyed all Ukrainian enterprises, even agricultural ones. Ukrainian land is ‘golden' and they laid everything to waste. They want to do the same to Belarus. They want no eliminate competition. This is one of the reasons to pressurize Belarus. Everyone knows that the sanctions are initiated by specific corporations that finance the political interests of certain Western figures. May of these corporations have a criminal history. So do political figures,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
According to him, Western politicians are calling for finishing the Belarusian government and nation and turn the country into a source of raw materials for Europe. “However, they do not mention that the sanctions target not the Belarusian authorities, but the Belarusian nation, primarily working people. Their aim is to strip people of their income and throw them out. This is basically a punitive operation with a modern twist,” the head of state believes.
