Will Belarusians perish in Africa, because it is of advantage to Lukashenka? :: Charter'97 :: News

Alyaksandr Lukashenka expects a detailed report about the results of investigation of a tragedy with Belarusian air-crew members in Somalia. “There hasn’t been a detailed report, and I want to get necessary information to take appropriate decisions,” told the head of the state in an interview to journalists in Brest on Wednesday. A. Lukashenka believes that “we shouldn’t make our participation in peace-keeping and humanitarian actions conditional on the tragedy in Somalia”.

“We should grapple with that, and I think there questions to us too,” A. Lukashenka said. In this connection he noted that “there would be enough one plane crashed. You must measure seven times before you start cutting. And we are always hoping that the danger will be over, like all Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, the Slavs to be short,” the Belarusian leader said.

Speaking about possibilities of further participation in humanitarian actions, A. Lukashenka stated that “in case it is done accurately, it is very profitable to us”. “It is not a matter of money, but a matter of prestige, image of the country,” he said.