Volfovich: Belarus doesn’t threaten anyone and doesn’t develop any threatening measures for other countries’ security
At today’s meeting of the Security Council with the President’s participation, no emergency measures have been developed, but the situation around Belarus forces us to be constantly vigilant, State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich told journalists after the Security Council meeting
According to him, the event was not connected with any extraordinary circumstances, “This is a planned event. The Security Council sessions are planned and approved by the President for a year. Today’s meeting is devoted to the analysis of the foreign policy situation, the threats and challenges that exist in the field of ensuring national security. A number of proposals were reported to the President. These are not only military measures. Proposals concerning various spheres were discussed: political, economic, social, demographic. The President has personal control over everything related to threats to national security. The Head of State instructed to finalise these proposals and submit them to him in the form of a resolution of the Security Council. These decisions are aimed primarily at improving the living conditions of our citizens. Belarus doesn’t threaten anyone and doesn’t develop any threatening measures for the security of other countries. On the contrary, we are ready for co-operation and interaction.”
Aleksandr Volfovich cited as an example the decision taken at the time on visa-free visits to Belarus for citizens of Poland and the Baltic States, “This is a kind of Belarusian ‘Schengen’ in relation to Europe. But, unfortunately, it was adopted unilaterally. We’re taking measures aimed at friendly and good-neighbourly relations with neighbouring countries, yet we’re being put forward some requirements and conditions. They create queues at checkpoints and close them, threatening to close the borders. Probably, these are democratic values in a European way.”