Lukashenko urged CIS states to conduct their policy in such a way as not to break up the union

During the 52nd meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services, the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, called on the CIS member states to conduct policies in such a way as not to break up the union

“We just need to calm down. I ask you to simply influence politicians inside your states so that we do not go our separate ways. It’s very dangerous. Nobody needs us, except for the post-Soviet space that exists today after the collapse of the Soviet Union, with whom we speak the same language. We have a single economy, single markets, industrial co-operation, etc. In order to create this, there will not be enough time in our lives and our children’s. Why should this common market be broken? No one invited you to other markets. Why should it be ruined today? Don’t rush!”

Aleksandr Lukashenko said that the rapprochement of countries in the post-Soviet space brings them a significant economic effect. According to him, when, e.g., Uzbekistan began to interact more actively with other CIS member states, this brought it an additional $1.5bn, and today even more.

In this context, Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled his conversations with ex-presidents of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and Petro Poroshenko, as well as with ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, “I always asked them why they were leaving the CIS. It will be more difficult to return, but you will have to return. The economy will force.”

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The Head of State touched upon the Ukrainian topic separately, speaking about the current relations between Ukraine and Europe, “It may seem that Ukraine is very dear for Europe and the USA. They staked everything on it, so they must support it. Meanwhile, as soon as Ukraine began to empty its storage facilities from grain and took it to Europe, everyone closed off from it: crazy Balts, crazy Poles, and even Slovaks. All closed their markets for Ukrainian grain. Why? Because prices began to fall on their own grain and farmers were outraged. But this is only one element: grain. What will Ukraine sell on the Western market afterwards? Nothing. The war is over and they will come to us anyway.”

The President of Belarus also spoke about Moldova and the actions of its short-sighted politicians who wanted to harm Belarus and Russia, because of which gas price has skyrocketed and the economy has begun to decline, “Did you do better?” asked the Belarusian leader. “The main thing, the basis and the foundation of everything is the economy and people’s lives.”

Aleksandr Lukashenko concluded in this regard, “Don’t be in a hurry to make political moves with slamming the door.”