Opinions & Interviews

Lukashenko: Belarusian state is a reality, has political clout, solid economic potential

MINSK, 13 November (BelTA) - The Belarusian state is a reality. It has political clout and solid economic potential, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in an interview with Belarusian and foreign political observers on 13 November, BelTA has learned.

The head of state noted that the world is living in turbulent times, and this requires a deep analysis. "We are almost watching live the breakdown of the usual way of life, the planet succumbing to a systemic crisis. Many media outlets blame coronavirus as the main reason for what is happening. I have already said and I would like to repeat again that this is only an excuse, a smokescreen, under the cover of which global players are once again trying to redraw the world as they see fit,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.

According to him, they have plans in the post-Soviet space too, including in Belarus. "It is paradoxical, but this is a strong argument to confirm that the Belarusian state is a reality, that it has political clout and serious economic potential,” the president noted. “We unambiguously assess the post-election events in the country as an attempt at unconstitutional overthrow of government according to the so-called color revolution scenario. There is no revolution here, because there are no revolutionaries in the country,” the president stressed.

Aleksandr Lukashenko is convinced that the driving force behind the unrest in Belarus is an external factor. “The motive is also clear. For the past quarter of a century, Belarus has built an effective model of a social state that helps defend national interests. Belarus has become a member of the club of space and nuclear powers. The country has been developing its economy on the basis of high technologies. Attempts to belittle all these achievements are obvious. In fact, these are the attempts to remove a competitor, destroy its industrial potential. Among those who are trying their best are the countries that destroyed their industries themselves in the post-Soviet time,” the head of state said.

According to the president, Belarus experienced all such developments in the 1990s and knows that it is the path right to the collapse of the economy, social security system and, eventually, to impoverishment of people. Similar events are taking place in other post-Soviet countries: Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova. Aleksandr Lukashenko is confident that there will be an attempt to apply similar technologies in Russia and other CIS countries in the foreseeable future.

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