The Palace of Independence is the seat of the president of the Republic of Belarus. An archive photo
MINSK, 25 November (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has announced he was going to have a conversation with top officers of the army, defense, security, and law enforcement agencies, BelTA has learned.
As he was hearing a report from State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich, the head of state said: “We should think about a conversation between the president and the leadership of our army. Maybe even of the defense, security, and law enforcement agencies. Think about how it should be organized. Either here or in the Defense Ministry. We have not met and have not talked for a long time. It has to be done.”
The head of state also wondered about the impression left by the army’s recent combat readiness tests, which had been conducted under the leadership of the State Secretariat of the Security Council. Apart from that, the president asked for a clarification about the state of affairs in the army and in defense, security, and law enforcement agencies on the whole.
According to the president, the conversation with the leadership of the defense, security, and law enforcement agencies could be organized similarly to the way the meeting with Belarusian scientists was organized on 21 November. “On the basis of [combat readiness] tests we will talk to them similarly to how we’ve talked to scientists. Approximately in that manner,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed. “Good? Good it is then. Bad? Then we’ll say what is bad. We mustn’t relax under any circumstances.”
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