Belarus is taking tit-for-tat measures to protect its sovereignty, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to honor graduates of higher military educational institutions in Minsk on 5 July, BelTA has learned.   

The head of state called today’s situation difficult. The post-war world order based on international law did not always work, and has finally collapsed. Geopolitical tensions have entered a hot phase. “Against this background, the neighboring countries are increasing their military spending, purchasing offensive weapons for their armies, building up NATO presence on their territories, conducting endless exercises near our border. They are coming up with more and more ways to interfere in the internal affairs of our country using far-fetched pretexts,” the Belarusian leader said.

“In addition to economic, political and information pressure, today we are faced with provocations at our external border, attempts at terrorist activities inside the country that are orchestrated from outside,” the president said.

He underlined that Belarus adequately responds to all these moves and continues to improve its national security system, first of all, military security.

“These are tit-for-tat measures to protect the sovereignty of our state. There will be  neither peace nor Belarusian nation without sovereignty. In our history, we have gone through this more than once,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.