MINSK, 31 October (BelTA) — The rampant "democracy" has led to the split of civil society in the West and other countries, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the 2nd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security on 31 October, BelTA has learned.
"What does democracy have to do with declaring the UN secretary general persona non grata for his principled position that he expressed candidly? How should we regard the relentless attacks on António Guterres for attending the BRICS summit, a group of countries contributing almost 40% to the world’s GDP?" Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
The president pointed out that not only individual leaders but entire nations come under attacks. Thus, the states that dare to follow their own path face color revolutions. They bring loyal leaders and puppets to power via the so-called non-governmental or non-profit organizations – the West’s "soft power".
"As soon as nationally-minded politicians in the European Union countries start to act in the interests of their people, they immediately face criminal charges, fabricated cases and even assassination attempts," the head of state said.
He cited the example of Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó's: "He may also come under fire for visiting Belarus. But why? Hungary is holding presidency in the European Union. After all, the European Union should know what intelligent people of Eurasia, i.e. us, have to say. What's wrong with that?"
"The rampant ‘democracy’ has led to a bad split of civil society. We are observing dangerous developments in Germany, France, Poland, Moldova, Georgia and others. The United States has found itself in a turbulent situation for the last decade," Aleksandr Lukashenko stated.
"What does democracy have to do with declaring the UN secretary general persona non grata for his principled position that he expressed candidly? How should we regard the relentless attacks on António Guterres for attending the BRICS summit, a group of countries contributing almost 40% to the world’s GDP?" Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
"As soon as nationally-minded politicians in the European Union countries start to act in the interests of their people, they immediately face criminal charges, fabricated cases and even assassination attempts," the head of state said.
He cited the example of Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó's: "He may also come under fire for visiting Belarus. But why? Hungary is holding presidency in the European Union. After all, the European Union should know what intelligent people of Eurasia, i.e. us, have to say. What's wrong with that?"
"The rampant ‘democracy’ has led to a bad split of civil society. We are observing dangerous developments in Germany, France, Poland, Moldova, Georgia and others. The United States has found itself in a turbulent situation for the last decade," Aleksandr Lukashenko stated.
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