Lukashenko: with establishment of Security Council, importance of law enforcement agencies was raised to new level

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated the members of Belarus’ Security Council, as well as active and retired employees of the State Secretariat of the Security Council on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of this structure, sb.by reports with reference to the Belarusian leader’s press service

“The Security Council, formed on August 5th, 1994, has passed a path that became an integral part of the history of sovereign Belarus. By establishing this constitutional, supreme collegial co-ordinating and political body in the field of national security, we have raised the status and importance of all law enforcement agencies to a new level,” the congratulatory message reads.

According to the Head of State, the mechanism created in the country to protect against external and internal threats during periods of escalation of regional contradictions and global instability has repeatedly demonstrated its effectiveness.

The President thanked the retired employees who stood at the origins of the founding of the State Secretariat of the Security Council, building interdepartmental co-ordination of the activities of state bodies in order to protect Belarus. “You are an example of devoted service to the Fatherland, an example of true patriotism,” the Belarusian leader stated.

Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed confidence in the high professionalism and reliability of all those who – at an acute moment of confrontation with new hybrid threats – protect peace in their native land, bequeathed to their contemporaries by the generation of winners.

“The Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, relying on the State Secretariat, will continue to conscientiously solve the tasks assigned to it to ensure national security,” the President stressed. “Time has chosen us, and we will do everything to keep the sky over Belarus clear.”