Lukashenko informed Macron on conditions for nuclear weapon deployment in Belarus
During yesterday's conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, the topic of the referendum was also touched upon – though in the context of nuclear weapon deployment on the territory of Belarus. After casting his ballot today, Aleksandr Lukashenko has shared the details of that talk.
In particular, the President of Belarus clarified for the French leader, “If it was necessary to deploy nuclear weapons, we would have done this under this Constitution. Nobody hinders us from this.”
Commenting on the diverse versions that Belarus wants to produce or deploy nuclear weapons on its territory, Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed, “I had said under what conditions, and repeated it to him: if America or France (nuclear power) redeploy nuclear weapons to Poland, Lithuania, to our borders, then I will not place them here (I have no such weapons) but I will address Putin with a request to return the weapons – that I once gave away without any preconditions – back to us. That is all, there are no questions.”
Aleksandr Lukashenko also advised Macron to study in detail the draft of the updated Constitution, rather than to be guided by the theses that had been prepared for him.
