Lukashenko: life will force Poland and the Baltic states to build normal relations with Belarus and Russia
Life will force Poland and the Baltic states to build normal relations with Belarus and Russia. This was stated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting with the Governor of the Rostov Region, Yuri Slyusar, a BELTA correspondent reports.
"The Lithuanians are squealing and whining now: open the border. We haven't closed it. And we have never treated Poles, Lithuanians, or Latvians badly. They are our neighbors, where can we go? Yes, they are controlled from outside today," Alexander Lukashenko noted. "You know, life will force... Other people will come to power who will see interests in Belarus and Russia, as it was before. Why (was it necessary. - BELTA's note) to lose these markets, to lose such good relations?"
Speaking about the decisions that harmed Lithuania, the head of state cited the example of the closure of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. "When they ruined the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant under the guise of a green economy, we warned them: don't do it, you will need it. No, they closed it, ruined it, stole it. And they interfered with us building this plant (referring to the Belarusian NPP. - BELTA's note)," the President emphasized.
At the same time, the Belarusian leader noted that during the construction of the nuclear power plant in Belarus, he invited Lithuanian specialists in this field to the country, who turned out to be in demand in their country. "We were building it, and I invited Lithuanian specialists (they had a problem in Lithuania): come to our plant, we will work. Moreover, we needed personnel. They thought we couldn't do without them. Together with the Russians, we solved this problem. There are about three thousand people working at our plant, and another thousand will be needed for the third power unit," the President concluded.