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Lukashenko condemns green agenda as ‘meaningless amid confrontation’
DUBAI, 1 December (BelTA) – The green agenda in international cooperation is meaningless in conditions of confrontation. It demands respect for the sovereignty of countries and unconditional fairness. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement in his speech during the 28th conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that Belarus fully honors its commitments under the Paris Agreement and even exceeds them.
“We provide invaluable ‘ecosystem services’ to our continent by preserving a unique source of oxygen – natural swamps, forests, ‘lungs of Europe’. We develop green energy and nuclear energy and minimize climate change risks. It is paradoxical that in response we get new economic sanctions, international trade barriers, and restrictions on access to technologies. And we’re not the only ones. It is time to admit that green agenda is meaningless amid confrontation. It demands respect for the sovereignty of countries and unconditional fairness!” he stressed.
The president stressed that it is inadmissible to pressure political opponents with sanctions while simultaneously demanding that they implement solutions that are costly for the national economies, solutions, on which implementation the purity of the entire atmosphere, all the ground waters, and the world ocean depends.
“And another point. How can one expect costly and effective climate preservation measures from countries and nations that have yet to recover from colonial oppression?” Aleksandr Lukashenko wondered.
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