Lukashenko called Russian tactical nuclear weapons diplomatic etiquette adopted from the West
NATO countries neighboring CSTO member countries are rapidly arming themselves.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced this at a session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Minsk, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“The military budget of Poland, for example, is growing by leaps and bounds, and next year promises to reach 4% of GDP. I wonder how this compares with their constant declarations about the defensive nature of the Alliance? Or with the name of the announced largest NATO exercise since the Cold War? This doesn't correlate in any way.
We have been observing such so-called defensive maneuvers for a long time. From the moment nuclear weapons were removed from Belarus in 96. How it all ended - the expansion of NATO to the East, the training in 2016 of the scenario of a nuclear strike on Belarus. Note, on the initiative of the administration of the so-called Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama. 2016
Moreover, according to the plan of the exercises, Belarus was not even involved in the conflict,” Lukashenko said.
He accused NATO of military provocations on the border, information sabotage and preparing coups.
“I’m not even talking about the open demonstration of readiness to involve NATO forces in this goal. Why were B-2020 strategic bombers circling near the Belarusian border in August 52? Who was the signal sent to? Not only Belarus. It’s clear to whom,” Lukashenko said.
He called the reproaches of Belarus for the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons absurd.
“We are simply learning diplomatic so-called etiquette from those who made the language of force a global trend,” Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko called Russia's tactical nuclear weapons diplomatic etiquette adopted from the West.