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Alexander Lukashenko announced the increased military presence of the United States and NATO on the western borders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Alyaksandr Lukashenka announced on December 2 during a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization that NATO is creating a military grouping to take over Western Belarus. Reports from the website of the President of Belarus.
“The world is once again on the verge of unleashing an uncontrolled arms race. The most dangerous phenomena, namely the military confrontation between the world’s centers of power, are intensifying. The increasing military presence of the United States and NATO near the western borders of the CSTO raises great concern, “said Lukashenko.
According to him, external interference became the reason for the deterioration of the situation in Belarus.
“The point, I quote, is” on the historical belonging of Belarusian lands to Poland. “This is already being openly announced. Can I, as president and Belarusians, agree with this? It turns out that where we live today, these lands they do not belong to us. It is clear to whom. They are moving in this direction, “says Lukashenka.
The Collective Security Treaty was signed in 1992 and ten years later the Collective Security Treaty Organization was established. The main objectives of the organization are “to strengthen international and regional peace, security and stability, to protect the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the participating countries.” The CSTO includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Since August 9, the massive protests of those who do not agree with the results of the vote in the presidential elections have not stopped in Belarus. According to official data, Lukashenka won them, with 80.1% of voters voting for him (he has led the country since 1994). Opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya ranked second with 10.1% of the vote. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the rallies using grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons. During the protests, hundreds of protesters were injured and wounded. According to official figures, four protesters died. Another victim, Roman Bondarenko, is known as the result of a confrontation between unknown masked persons with neighbors in the area. The conflict took place over white, red and white ribbons. The Belarus Investigation Committee said the deceased was drunk. But doctors said that Bondarenko’s body had zero ppm of alcohol.
According to Tikhanovskaya, eight people died.
Lukashenka assumed the presidency on September 23. For the first time in the history of Belarus, the opening ceremony was not announced or broadcast on television. Several states, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, did not recognize Lukashenko’s inauguration.
On October 2, the European Union imposed restrictive measures against 40 people responsible for falsifying the results of the presidential elections and forcingly suppressing peaceful protests. On November 6, the EU imposed sanctions against Lukashenko, who considers himself president of Belarus, and 14 other Belarusian officials. Ukraine joined the sanctions. After Bondarenko’s assassination, the European Union threatened Belarus with new sanctions.
