Belarusian President during his meeting with the border guards raised the issues of international security and the protection of borders of the Republic of Belarus. According to Alexander Lukashenko, geopolitical instability in recent times associated with the confrontation between the strongest players on the world map. Belarus President noted, that there is a confrontation of several lines: US - Russia, US - China, China - India. This has implications for international security, seriously compromising its.
Lukashenko visited frontier, noting, it is necessary to abandon the practice of reducing the number of Belarusian border guards.
His statement was published BelTA:
May be, We should not strive too much to fall in the border troops. Still, they'll constantly on alert. And God give training. And for the future, they still give people more skills, at least for ordinary motorized riflemen. May be, us somewhere in the army podsokratit 2-3 thousand., leaving them (the border guards) this number. Let them be on every outpost of 5-10 human.
I touched the President of Belarus and the situation on the Russian-Belarusian border. he was told, that the part of the Republic of Belarus No Border permanent units, and on the part of the Russian Federation "are established border guards PS FSB".
This information Lukashenko commented on the statement that, that the protection of the border should be effective, but "you can not be like the Russians here, because they themselves need to decide ".
Lukashenko:
They do not know, what they want. They are determined - we do not answer the problem. If you want to close the border - please. We also introduce in response to border control.
Then the President of the Republic of Belarus noted, that borders are a relic of the past, and he will raise the issue at the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.
