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Decisions to improve living standards in wake of Belarus’ Security Council session

MINSK, 31 August (BelTA) – After a session of the Security Council hosted by Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 31 August, State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich talked to reporters about the matters participants of the session had discussed and about the decisions they had made, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Volfovich underlined that the Security Council had not been convened due to some emergency. It was a scheduled meeting. Nevertheless, the geopolitical situation in the world and around Belarus, trends towards the situation’s aggravation naturally make one constantly stay vigilant, analyze what is going on, and respond fast, the state secretary noted.

In his words, participants of the Security Council session discussed various measures, which are supposed to stabilize the situation in the country. “Not only military measures. Measures concerning various spheres were discussed: politics, economy, social affairs, demography,” the official explained. “The president personally keeps an eye on everything relating to threats in the sphere of national security. He gets periodic reports about various proposals. They were discussed during today’s Security Council session.”

Aleksandr Volfovich stressed that Belarus does not threaten anyone and is not working out any measures that threaten the security of other countries. The country is ready for cooperation and interaction. “The president has repeatedly stressed that our country loves peace, we put forward peace-loving initiatives aimed at good neighborly relations with bordering countries,” he noted. “The program that allows people to visit Belarus without visas from Poland and the Baltic states is kind of a Belarusian Schengen. Unfortunately, it is unilateral. We take measures aimed at benevolent relations with Poles and get demands and terms in return. They create queues at border crossings. They close border crossings and threaten to close the borders. These are possibly the European ‘democratic’ values for you.”

Aleksandr Volfovich clarified that the Security Council session had been dedicated to analyzing the foreign political situation, existing threats and challenges to national security efforts. Various proposals were put forward before the president. “He instructed to discuss them, polish them, and present them to him in the form of Security Council resolutions. These decisions are primarily aimed at improving the life of our citizens,” he said.

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