Belarus-Russia Relations Strong Despite World Changes: Lukashenko Address at National Assembly

The relations between Belarus and Russia managed to “overcome the tectonic changes” in the world, the leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said today in a speech before the All-Belarusian National Assembly, TASS reported, named by BTA.

In his words, the West is trying to drag his country into war, and Ukraine is a “testing ground” where “how the new world order is being decided.”

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“They are encouraging us, digging trenches, upgrading their military infrastructure, weapons, and we on the other side of the border are building a peaceful life,” said the Belarusian president and added: “No the love of peace is a fairy, please don’t confuse the concepts.”

Lukashenko called the union between Belarus and Ukraine “an example of peaceful and constructive development”. In his words, these are two “strong and sovereign states united in a strong union”.

The Belarusian leader noted that “the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is gaining strength, and Belarus will become a full member this summer.” “Everyone who is tired of American hegemony, including the countries of Latin America, the South of the World, will look at this structure with respect,” Lukashenko said, adding that BRICS is -already as “another scale of influence on the international agenda.”

Lukashenko said that the US has shifted the conflict in Europe onto the shoulders of the European Union and NATO in order to weaken Russia and settle scores with China at the same time. “This is the key to the strategy of the United States in the name of its hegemony,” he said.

The Belarusian president pointed out that all Ukrainian presidents have “divided and plundered the country”. “In the best traditions of democracy, the oligarchs and the authorities got control of all resources,” Lukashenko said, referring to Ukraine.

“Everyone who watches the Ukrainian and other geopolitical tragedies, even if they don’t say it out loud, understands that the man who is ready to serve any master for more labels will lose sooner or later,” said the Belarusian leader.

At protests against Belarus in 2020, NATO representatives were “wringing their hands” and “preparing at least to intervene in the western regions of the country,” Lukashenko said, adding: “They were the responsible for chaos and blitzkrieg. If not for the persistence and courage of true patriots, we would have lost our country”.

The Belarusian nation is strong and must be even stronger, including in the economic aspect,” said the Belarusian president, adding: “Belarus has never lived as well as now.”

“The flight of (the first Belarusian cosmonaut) Marina Vasilevska to Belarus is not just an image, some show a flight. This is a symbolic step that we have been going to since the Soviet Union,” Lushashenko said.