Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus should never stoop to the level of the Baltic countries, which, to their own detriment and to please the West, are ready to carry out any orders from the outside.
This is how the Belarusian leader commented on the decision of the governments of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to introduce anti-Belarusian sanctions. They even included Alexander Lukashenko on their blacklist, becoming the first countries in the world to impose personal sanctions against the backdrop of an attempted coup in Belarus.
“They were given the command” face “, and they vyaknuli from under the fence. I don’t want Belarus to become the same, but it will. If powerful Ukraine, the pearl of the Soviet Union, is now in such a state. Did Ukraine get better after it headed west? Not! And the Belarusians will get even worse, ”Lukashenka said.
At the same time, he stressed that Minsk is ready to respond to the sanctions of the Baltic republics from the economic side. According to him, Belarus will simply reorient its cargo traffic from the Baltic ports to Russia. Lukashenko admitted that at first glance, such a step might seem unprofitable.
“But we can agree with the Russians on tariffs, and they will still benefit from the volumes of our cargo transshipment. We can work in Novorossiysk too, ” the president said.