Lukashenka: “Democracies in Belarus and in Austria are the same”

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has stated that the situation with democratic freedom and values in Belarus is the same as in Austria.

Democracy in Belarus is the same as in Austria, almost identical. Democratic values in Belarus are as high as in any other European country,” A. Lukashenka stated in Minsk in an interview to the Austrian Press Agency (APA).

“What else is missing in the democratic portrait of Belarus? And what else does Europe want from Belarus?” he noted.

West’s Blackmailing

Alyaksandr Lukashenka finds it possible to develop closer relations with Russia in case the pressure on the country by the West would increase.

“I think in the near future, with the West continuing such a massive pressure on Belarus, our relations with Russia are to become even closer,” A. Lukashenka said.

“As for the relations of Belarus with the European Union, frankly speaking, to put it mildly, we would like them to be better. It’s absolutely unacceptable for us when the EU starts dancing to the US tune.” “We do not like it when European politicians position themselves as independent, but when the matter concerns serious issues they follow in the wake of the American policy,” he said.

Speaking about the policy of the US and the European Union towards Russia, the Belarusian ruler stated that “the Russian Federation is using its levers to position itself as a great nuclear power”. “At minimum, Russia wants to be spoken to in a correct language, and it uses the levers it has (including energy ones),” he noted.