MINSK, 28 October (BelTA) – In the emerging multipolar world order, the European Union must occupy a most important place, but there are doubts that it will be able to do so, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security on 28 October, BelTA has learned.
In his speech, the head of state also commented on the unifying initiatives of Russia and China and on the new, sober perspective of the USA. “This does not mean that I am trying to artificially exclude Europe from this process. That is impossible!” the president said.
In his speech, the head of state also commented on the unifying initiatives of Russia and China and on the new, sober perspective of the USA. “This does not mean that I am trying to artificially exclude Europe from this process. That is impossible!” the president said.
“In the emerging multipolar world order, the European Union must occupy a most important place. A strong European Union. We are convinced of this and have repeatedly called for it. It is one of the pillars, one of the foundations of the planetary system on which peace rests. But whether it will be able to occupy such a place is still an open question,” the Belarusian leader said.
The European Union is currently in a state of crisis, Aleksandr Lukashenko stated, pointing to specific reasons for the situation. “First, for decades, they built a system of internal regulation for everything and everyone. They built it. And business started to flee. Then, they abandoned normal cooperation with their neighbors in the East, primarily with Russia. They put up fences on the border. Soon, they'll probably mine it entirely. And what is the price of energy, for example, in the European Union now? Are there even funds left to stay at the forefront of innovative development?” the president outlined the problematic aspects.
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the European Union has decided not to address its problems substantively, but to cover them up with a future war. “Do they really expect that putting the economy on a war footing will guarantee growth?” the head of state asked rhetorically. “It might provide some floundering at the same level for a couple of years. They've been living off the fat accumulated since colonial times. But afterwards, they will have to deal with catastrophic consequences.”
The president pointed to the rise of Euroscepticism and the intensification of contradictions in the domestic politics of a number of countries and between individual EU states. “Bombs are being planted under the future of the whole of greater Europe, and perhaps of Eurasia as a whole,” Aleksandr Lukashenko warned.
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the European Union has decided not to address its problems substantively, but to cover them up with a future war. “Do they really expect that putting the economy on a war footing will guarantee growth?” the head of state asked rhetorically. “It might provide some floundering at the same level for a couple of years. They've been living off the fat accumulated since colonial times. But afterwards, they will have to deal with catastrophic consequences.”
The president pointed to the rise of Euroscepticism and the intensification of contradictions in the domestic politics of a number of countries and between individual EU states. “Bombs are being planted under the future of the whole of greater Europe, and perhaps of Eurasia as a whole,” Aleksandr Lukashenko warned.
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