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8 May 2014

Lukashenko: Belarus and Russia cannot stare calmly at the latest events in Ukraine

Lukashenko: Belarus and Russia cannot stare calmly at the latest events in Ukraine

MOSCOW, 8 May (BelTA) – Belarus and Russia cannot stare calmly at the latest events in Ukraine. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement at the informal meeting of the leaders of five nations in Moscow on 8 May, BelTA has learned.

Alexander Lukashenko reminded that once upon a time while discussing dangerous challenges and phenomena in the Collective Security Treaty Organization space, the heads of state talked about Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and all of it seemed very distant at least for Belarus. “It turns out the world is so small and dynamic that this contagion spreads fast across the globe. Now these unacceptable phenomena are at the threshold of not only Tajikistan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia but Belarus, too,” said the Belarusian leader with reference to Ukraine.

Alexander Lukashenko pointed out that a lot had been said in this regard, however, time changes the approaches practiced by the CSTO states. In his words, events in Ukraine disallow sitting idly and gazing calmly at what is going on. The Belarusian head of state was particularly concerned about events in Odessa. “It brings us to bad parallels. And as I can see these parallels already exist. We remember the village of Khatyn. We remember hundreds of villages in Belarus burnt by the Nazi using the same approach,” said the Belarus President.

“Such actions are unacceptable in any country. It would be even more unacceptable if we stare calmly at what is going on. It is particularly true for the Russian Federation and Belarus. Naturally we cannot but notice these things because people over there are no strangers for us and they call for help and demand response to such actions,” stressed Alexander Lukashenko. He added that the situation was developing very fast.

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