MINSK, 27 September (BelTA) – If you lose sovereignty, you can become a source of labor for transnational business, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a Q&A session titled “Open Microphone with the President” with students of engineering and technical universities of Minsk on 27 September.
“It is important that you understand why modern politicians talk so much about national interests, sovereignty, statehood. If you lose all of this, you can be reduced from being citizens of your own country to being dependent on a foreign state, to a status of a source of labor for transnational business. Some people may turn well off, but not all of them. The majority will be worse off. We've been through this in our history,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
This is why, the head of state explained, he talks a lot about social justice and peace. “This is why we are working in this direction. Our peace initiatives absolutely do not contradict the measures to beef up defense capabilities, which we are forced to take today,” the president stressed. ‘We must respond to the emerging threats, project further developments, and find adequate solutions”.
“It is important that you understand why modern politicians talk so much about national interests, sovereignty, statehood. If you lose all of this, you can be reduced from being citizens of your own country to being dependent on a foreign state, to a status of a source of labor for transnational business. Some people may turn well off, but not all of them. The majority will be worse off. We've been through this in our history,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
This is why, the head of state explained, he talks a lot about social justice and peace. “This is why we are working in this direction. Our peace initiatives absolutely do not contradict the measures to beef up defense capabilities, which we are forced to take today,” the president stressed. ‘We must respond to the emerging threats, project further developments, and find adequate solutions”.
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