Another event of truly national importance happened in the president's schedule this week. That's what Alexander Lukashenko called the ceremony of honoring the best military graduates. Every time at such celebrations they present the stars of a general - the highest achievement for a military man that, as you know, every soldier dreams of. So, the country has three new generals at once. But the mission of each of them, regardless of their ranks and departmental subordination, is to resist any aggression against Belarus. And the Belarusian army is up to such tasks, the President is convinced. Officers are the backbone of the state. But today the need for such a bulwark has become even more acute. The national security system has withstood the test of hybrid technologies, extremism and even terrorism - last year has become an evidence of this. This is not in the spirit of good neighborliness. And it is certainly not in the spirit of common sense. But Belarus, knowing the high price of peace, doesn't intend to compromise its peaceful policy. And it is a matter of duty and honor for every Belarusian officer to defend his national interests.
Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus:
The collective West continues to strive to establish its hegemony and does not give up its attempts to deprive us of our sovereignty and impose external control. Why us? Because we have always been on their trail. It's just that we're not in the time and place they'd like us to be. We don't want to go to war. We don't have that goal. We are military men, so we know the price of peace. But we won't kneel down, we can't do what they want. We protect ourselves, our families, our children, our land. We don't want anything else. At the same time, the country has something to answer to those forces that are trying to play muscle on its western frontiers. To this end, we are developing a military organization of the state, with the Armed Forces at its core. The Belarusian army is mobile, well-equipped and capable of withstanding modern challenges and threats. At least we can inflict unacceptable damage on the enemy.
А. Lukashenko: The collective West does not give up its attempts to deprive us of our sovereignty and impose external control
11 июля 2021












