Opinions & Interviews

MINSK, 1 July (BelTA) – Belarus will never speculate on interstate contradictions, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the solemn meeting dedicated to Independence Day held on 1 July, BelTA has learned.

According to the head of state, the fact that Belarus became the center of regulation of international conflicts shows that the world sees the sincerity, honesty and openness of the Belarusian policy. “Our friendship is never directed against anyone. Belarus will never speculate on interstate contradictions. We will never try to advance our interests to the prejudice of anyone,” the Belarusian leader said.

“But we demand the same sincere, open and respectful attitude to our country. We are ready to be friends, to help and cooperate with everyone only on the principles of mutual benefits and equality,” the head of state stressed.

He noted that the contemporary history of sovereign Belarus showed that any attempts to isolate the state are futile.

“Peaceful policy of the young independent state as well as its independence is a hard won achievement of our nation,” Alexander Lukashenko noted. In his words, the acknowledgement of Belarus’ big contribution to the victory over fascism was an important political result of World War II. Our country was one of the founders of the United Nations Organization. “Belarus is by right considered a full-fledged subject of international politics. We have put forward a number of crucial initiatives in the United Nations to prevent international drug trade and human trafficking, promoted traditional family values,” the Belarusian leader said.

He emphasized that nowadays Belarus does its best to expand the geography of contacts, strengthens relations with such big countries as China and India, advances cooperation with Latin America countries, looks for the areas of common interest with the states of Africa and Southeast Asia. The President noted that Belarus has already got tangible results from these efforts.

The participation in large-scale integration processes helps Belarus bolster its positions on the international arena. Belarus has initiated the establishment of such integration associations in the post-Soviet space as the Union State of Belarus and Russia, the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union. Alexander Lukashenko remarked that the high-profile project of the Eurasian Economic Union involves several hundreds of millions of people and has the gross domestic product of $2.2 trillion. According to the Belarusian leader, this is an opportunity to overcome the crisis together and to find new ways of development.

Belarus is engaged in China’s global initiative to create the new Silk Road which is a perfect addition to the Eurasian Economic Union project since it will be situated at the crossroads of trade routes, the President noted.