The United States and other Western countries are trying to persuade the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) to join in putting pressure on Minsk amid the migration crisis, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
“You should understand that the U.S. and the collective West cannot give up their policy, they need a reason to put pressure on our brotherly Russia, including us. Here’s yet another reason found – refugees […] This is used to put pressure, primarily on Belarus”, – Lukashenko said during a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council via video conference.
The Belarusian leader added that Minsk had information concerning the fact that visitors from the US and Western countries had been sent to foreign ministries to persuade the EEU states to join the pressure on the republic.
Furthermore, Lukashenka said there was a need to develop an industrial corporation within the EEU and for partners to agree on a list of joint high-tech projects. According to him, Moscow and Minsk have already started working on such projects.
“It is necessary to intensify industrial cooperation on joint production of new products in demand in the world market. An important practical step in this direction will be to agree on a list of joint large-scale high-tech projects, as well as to determine the terms of financing their implementation”, – concluded the President.