Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said that if there is an attack from Ukraine, the war will take on a completely different character, and in such a scenario, Minsk will receive the support of the whole world community, including China. He said this in an interview with Chinese media, the Belarusian agency reported. “BelTA”.
As Lukashenka noted, Belarus does not want war and will not attack Ukraine, especially because Ukrainians are foreign and not native to the Belarusian people. Even my ancestors were born in Ukraine, between Chernigov and Kiev, he said.
“But God forbid, the attack on the Belarusian state is carried out from the territory of Ukraine – we will have to respond. And I’m sure we’ll get the support of the whole world community, including the People’s Republic of China,” he said.
According to him, in the event of an attack on Belarusian territory from Ukraine, Minsk will answer “but this will be a completely different war”, “it will suddenly acquire a different character”. He emphasized that in such a scenario, the Belarusian army will defend its territory, including Russian troops.
At the same time, he added that no concentration of troops was noticed near the territory of Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine to draw Belarus into the conflict.
During the interview, Lukashenka also declarationBelarus does not want war, but is ready to defend its independence.