ST PETERSBURG, 13 July (BelTA) – It is necessary to pay close attention to the security of Belarus and Russia. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he met with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on 13 July, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The security of our countries is the most important thing. We should pay all the attention to it. Whatever [opponents] may say to lull us, we see that we did the right thing in the past by paying attention to the defense of our states and to security. I will tell you a lot about what is going on. The dynamics is crazy. Something changes every day.”
Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out that opponents of the Belarusian government had already transitioned to the next stage of the so-called color revolution or rioting – individual acts of terror against people, who openly speak up and support the state. Including attacks against individual MPs.
Apart from that, Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned that the Belarusian government had started a vigorous campaign to crack down on various not-for-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, and so-called Western mass media. “Which have been gifting democracy here or actually implanting democracy. And not democracy but all this terror,” the Belarusian leader said. “You have to understand that we cannot act otherwise. It is understandable what they've been doing. They were financed from abroad. And we've been thinking all the time: that's okay, it is democracy after all, let's talk, let's cooperate. So, we've got the corresponding results.”
“Anyway, Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin], it is not a catastrophe for us. Acts of terror and what not. We will handle it,” Aleksandr Lukashenko is convinced.
