MINSK, 23 September (BelTA) – Unprecedented external pressure has only made the Belarusian state stronger in its fight to defend what belongs to its people. We do not need what is not ours, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during the inaugural ceremony in the Palace of Independence in Minsk on 23 September, BelTA has learned.
“We have faced a series of tests in the difficult leap 2020. We have upgraded healthcare and technologies, forms of self-organization and mutual support of society. We have tested the agricultural sector for stress resistance, significantly strengthened our energy security. Unprecedented external pressure has only made us stronger, made us more determined and uncompromising in our resolve to fight for what belongs to us - we do not need what is not ours," the president noted.
Should there be new trials, the state is ready to face them, the president said. World crises are usually followed by periods of development, he said. “I believe that the world public life will be restoring fast, and we can expect a period of new economic, logistics, technological and other solutions soon. We need to fit in this ‘renaissance', harness its opportunities, and develop the things we can,” the head of state said.
“We are all united by energy, determination and commitment to our homeland - independent and free, peaceful and safe, good and open to the world. With all these trials, we have not lost ourselves. This means we are able to build the country we love and dream about. I will do everything so that you will never regret that I was the first president of our Belarus,” Aleksandr Lukashenko concluded.
