
MOSCOW, 14 March (BelTA) – The world respects only the strong, so Belarus and Russia decided to join forces to defend their common Fatherland, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the Federation Council during his official visit to the Russian Federation, BelTA has learned.
According to the president, the world only reckons with economically successful, strong states and unions. The experience of the Soviet Union confirmed this. “If we act on our own, they will go hard on us,” he warned.