Relations between Belarus and Russia were able to "anticipate tectonic shifts" in the world, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko said, speaking at a meeting of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly.
The Belarusian leader believes that the West wants to drag the republic into war, and called Ukraine a "testing ground" where "the fate of the new world order is being decided."
TASS has collected the main theses of Lukashenko.
About relations with Russia
The Union of Belarus and Russia is "an example of a peaceful and creative agenda", which "managed to anticipate today's tectonic shifts in all spheres": "And now is our time. Strong, sovereign states are a strong union."
There is "no violence and no absorption" in the political relations of the two countries: "Our union building is a model of the union of sovereign peoples. And this model has a chance of success and expansion of participants."
About the SCO and BRICS
"The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is gaining weight, where we will act as a full member in the summer." "Everyone who is tired of America's hegemony, including the countries of Latin America and the global South, looks at this structure with respect"
BRICS is already a "different scale of influence on the global agenda."
About the security of Belarus
The West is trying to drag Belarus into the war: "While they provoke us, dig trenches, modernize military infrastructure, weapons, we are building a peaceful life here on the other side of the border."
"But our love of peace is not pacifism, I ask you not to confuse it" - as threats grow, the republic will take asymmetric measures and increase its combat power.
About the West
The United States shifted the conflict in Europe onto the shoulders of the EU and NATO in order to weaken Russia and at the same time deal with China, "this is the key to the strategy of the United States in the name of world domination."
"The United States, having launched a brisk attack on all the objectionable at the same time, realized that they had made a mistake by uniting disobedient Russia and their main enemy, China."
With its pressure, the United States "united these two states - Russia, with rich natural resources and a powerful military-industrial complex, and China, with huge economic and human potential."
In Europe and engaged international structures, Minsk and Moscow do not want to hear about security: "If you invite Russians, Belarusians, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and I will come and tell you what we want and how we "want to fight" against Europe, no, they do not need this opinion."
About the Ukrainian conflict
All the presidents of Ukraine "divided, robbed and stole" the country: "In the best traditions of democracy, the oligarchs and those in power have crushed all the resources."
Ukraine has become a "testing ground where the fate of the future world order is being decided": "The largest nuclear powers, albeit indirectly, are fighting on its territory."
The denouement of the Ukrainian conflict will not save the former unipolar world order: "Someone is waiting for the final, like, for example, Poland, which has its own account to Ukraine. Remember, from their books, especially for the Volyn massacre. The denouement will be dramatic if they don't stop. But she will be."
"Everyone who looks at the Ukrainian and other geopolitical tragedies, even if they don't speak out loud, understands that those who are ready to serve any master for handouts, sooner or later lose."
About the 2020 protests
During the protests of the Belarusian opposition in 2020, NATO representatives "rubbed their hands" and " prepared for military intervention in the western regions at least." "We were counting on chaos and blitzkrieg. If it were not for the steadfastness and courage of true patriots, we would have lost the country."
About the Belarusian economy
Belarusians are a "strong nation" that should become even stronger, including economically: "A strong economic economy is at the forefront, but it is also a consequence of the right geopolitical choice."
Belarusians "have never lived as well as they do now." "Of course, we could have done better, we don't have what we have, for example, in the Emirates and Russia."
Currently, the real monetary incomes of citizens are 10 times higher than the level of the mid-1990s.
On the development of the space sphere
Belarus, according to Lukashenko, can be called a space power, and the flight into space of Marina Vasilevskaya became the "pinnacle" of this process.
"Marina Vasilevskaya's flight for Belarus is not just an image, a show-off flight. This is a symbolic chord. This is the peak to which we have been heading since Soviet times."