MINSK, 5 March (BelTA) - The European Union countries will prosper if they establish good relations with Russia, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in an interview with U.S. blogger Mario Nawfal, BelTA learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that there are very big internal contradictions in the European Union, and the USA is aware of it.
“The future of Europe may have been good only in an alliance with Russia. If the Europeans, the European Union established good, normal relations with Russia, at least in the economy, they would prosper, the head of state said.
However, the president has its doubts whether the USA needs it. Anyway, not only China and Russia, but also the European Union is a competitor for the USA.
“Whether the USA will be great again is a big question. The same is about the European Union... The EU is also an economic competitor to the United States of America. This unity between the European Union and Russia was probably not quite in the interests for the USA,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
However, it is an important one for the world, the president added. According to him, any system is stable if it rests on several pillars. Today these pillars are the United States of America, China, the European Union, Russia, India.
If it happens that only the United States remains as a pillar, there will be a big probability that this system, the whole planet, will collapse. It will be hard to maintain stability even with two pillars, China and the USA. This is why this third pillar, the European Union, is very important for the whole world. I believe we should not destroy this third pillar: it needs to be preserved. Despite the incoherent policies of the European Union, I think there are sensible people there who can preserve the EU and establish relations with Russia and with us too,” the Belarusian leader said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that there are very big internal contradictions in the European Union, and the USA is aware of it.
“The future of Europe may have been good only in an alliance with Russia. If the Europeans, the European Union established good, normal relations with Russia, at least in the economy, they would prosper, the head of state said.
However, the president has its doubts whether the USA needs it. Anyway, not only China and Russia, but also the European Union is a competitor for the USA.
“Whether the USA will be great again is a big question. The same is about the European Union... The EU is also an economic competitor to the United States of America. This unity between the European Union and Russia was probably not quite in the interests for the USA,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
However, it is an important one for the world, the president added. According to him, any system is stable if it rests on several pillars. Today these pillars are the United States of America, China, the European Union, Russia, India.
If it happens that only the United States remains as a pillar, there will be a big probability that this system, the whole planet, will collapse. It will be hard to maintain stability even with two pillars, China and the USA. This is why this third pillar, the European Union, is very important for the whole world. I believe we should not destroy this third pillar: it needs to be preserved. Despite the incoherent policies of the European Union, I think there are sensible people there who can preserve the EU and establish relations with Russia and with us too,” the Belarusian leader said.
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