ORSHA, 28 August (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko promised Belarus' response to the sanctions as he talked to workers of Savushkin-Orsha company on 28 August, BelTA has learned.
“We are going to show them what sanctions are. They (Poles and Lithuanians) transited our territory to trade with China and Russia. Now they will fly either through the Baltic Sea or the Black Sea to trade with Russia and so on. In terms of the embargoed products (food products embargoed by Russia) I suggest they forget about them. We will show them what sanctions are," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
“They have an exaggerated sense of self-worth and have forgotten what Belarus is. They think they can threaten us with tanks, missiles ... We will see who will be left scared. We will show them what sanctions are," the Belarusian leader stressed.
“I have instructed the government to work out measures to redirect all trade flows from Lithuanian ports to others. We will see how they will be doing after that. The transit of our cargo flows generates 30% of the Lithuanian budget. What else do they need? They think too much of themselves. We will show them their place," the head of state said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that Belarus had already been under sanctions. “We survived then. We will survive this time as well. The world is no good without good people. It is useless to scare us,” he said.