Lukashenko: nations’ strength is based on true values, aspiration for justice and self-belief
This year marks the 80th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from Nazi invaders, and the generation of winners has shown that the strength of nations is rooted not in money, military power or ambition: it relies on true values, the aspiration for justice and self-belief – as stated by the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, at the 7th Belarusian People's Congress
"When the enemy set foot on our territory, the Soviet country had not yet recovered from the devastation of the civil war," the President said. “People did not live in luxury, but they won – defeating the whole of Europe, which was rich but which had fallen under the banner of Nazism! They cleared their country of fascists. We also contributed to the recovery of those who had been looking on the Soviet people from above. We won then, because we fought for our native land, and that was giving strength to us. Our land gave us strength on the battlefield, helped survive grief, revamp what had been destroyed and not to take revenge.”
The President wondered who was made stronger by acts of intimidation, such as the bombing of Dresden, the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “[Those acts] were absolutely senseless and cruel,” he continued. “There is a shameful page in history: hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed at the end of the war, when everything had been actually already decided. What was the sense for that? Those actions meant to declare their dominance to the whole world and keep the planet at bay.”
