Opinions & Interviews

About 100 liver transplant surgeries performed in Belarus annually
"80-90 Belarusian nationals are on the waiting list every year. Belarusians do not have to wait long for this surgery"...

Lukashenko: People of Belarus, Russia have become even more united
"In recent years - and we state this openly - our countries, Russia and Belarus, have become much closer to each other. This is not only thanks to our relations at the highest political level, but, as always, thanks to our contacts with the regions of the Russian Federation"...

Lukashenko promises immediate response to any encroachment upon Belarus’ territory
The president reminded that all the defense, security, and law enforcement agencies had been instructed to preserve peace in Belarusian land whatever the cost and the task is being fulfilled...

Lukashenko: The more we want to live in a peaceful sovereign state, the stronger we must be
"Today, I think no one needs to be explained why the state needs a strong army equipped with the latest technology, why we need to develop our own military industry, and how important it is not to depend on anyone in this matter"...

Lukashenko speaks up about EU politics and politicians
“An independent foreign policy is a luxury in the modern world, a luxury that not all nations and states can afford. Especially today, when global tensions have probably reached their highest point since the end of World War II,” the president said...

Lukashenko explains West’s attempts to drag Belarus into war
“But trust me, I’ve never lied to you: they are getting ready to invade Belarus’ territory in order to destroy our country,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stated...

Lukashenko on Western childfree trend: Such ideology must be outlawed
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, demographic security is not just a matter of economic measures. There are factors that negate all the efforts of the state to create favorable conditions for population growth...

Lukashenko emphasizes importance of social justice
The people is the only source of state power and the bearer of sovereignty, Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked...

Lukashenko about nuclear weapons: I want to safeguard the state and ensure peace for the people
"I want to ensure security of the Belarusian state and ensure peace for the Belarusian nation. My nation has earned it with its history, with its entire existence! We don’t want to live in slavery anymore and we will not be slaves!" the Belarusian leader stated...

Lukashenko: My children will not be presidents
“That does not mean I am going to hang on to this post. Never. I think about the future,” the Belarusian leader stressed...

Lukashenko comments on Ukraine’s counter-offensive plans
According to the president, such actions will make peace talks impossible at this stage and it is important to begin them as soon as possible...

Lukashenko calls for objective assessment of historical truth
“These are small things that play a very important role in preserving our statehood and sovereignty,” the Belarusian leader added...

Lukashenko: Russian means Russia’s and Belarus’
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement in his Address to the nation and the parliament on 31 March while saying that the Belarusian state is also a genuine successor of the historical legacy of the Ancient Rus...

Lukashenko calls for truce in Ukraine
The president is convinced that negotiations should start right now: “We should stop now, before escalation begins”...

Lukashenko names root cause of Ukraine events
According to the president, he has always been in the thick of the Ukrainian crisis and has been involved in these events like no one else...

People’s unity identified as key condition for genuine sovereignty of Belarusian state
“We, Belarusians have always demonstrated it at crucial moments of history. It was unity that gave us strength to prevail over enemies and circumstances,” he stated...

Lukashenko: We will never agree to glorify those, who burned down hundreds of Belarusian villages
The president remarked that similar events in Ukraine had been a trigger of the current crisis...

Lukashenko: Ideological bombs were planted in all former Soviet nations
It also happened that entire nations found themselves under external control after being drugged by the ideas of creating ‘a new country’, ‘a new order’, ‘a new perfect society’,” the head of state stressed...

Lukashenko: The feeling of epochal changes is literally in the air
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he delivered his annual Address to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly on 31 March...

Conditions for preserving sovereignty, independence at heart of Belarus president’s Address
The head of state stressed that this matter has never been so acute in the latest history of Belarus...