A. Lukashenko: Belarus's military organization system ensures peaceful creative labor and stability
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February 23, Minsk / Alina Grishkevich - BELTA/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko considers any encroachments on Belarus's sovereignty unpromising. He stated this on February 23, speaking at a reception for the senior staff of the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies. This traditional event, dedicated to the Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces Day of Belarus, was held with the participation of the country's top officials, BELTA was informed by the press service of the Head of State.
According to the President, this holiday is one of the most revered for the Belarusian people. After all, the vast majority of the country's male population has gone through the school of the army, knows weapons and tactics not from computer games and action movies. Many have participated in wars and local conflicts. "And our soldier has always been a warrior-defender, a warrior-liberator, setting an example of valor, resilience, and courage," emphasized the Head of State.
He noted that Belarusian troops participate, fortunately, only in training wars, but this does not mean that the army is, as they say, a "parade ground" army. On the contrary, it is the professionalism of the Belarusian military that is the main factor in strategically deterring foreign aggression.
The results of the military events held in 2011, including the joint exercise of the Armed Forces of Belarus and Russia "Shield of the Union," the readiness check of rapid response forces and territorial defense, demonstrate the capability and readiness of the Belarusian army and other security forces to effectively perform the tasks assigned to them.
Thus, according to the Head of State, the chosen path of ensuring security has been confirmed. "The high level of patriotism of Belarusian citizens is the core of our Fatherland's defense capability," believes the President.
However, the modern world constantly presents new challenges and threats. In the President's opinion, information and psychological forms of expansion, combined with a military component, still dominate the arsenal of means for resolving interstate contradictions. Under a plausible pretext, more and more countries are becoming objects of open aggression.
Various political and informational technologies have been used to forcibly change state power in a number of North African countries. NATO's overt military intervention in the internal affairs of sovereign Libya led to the destruction of a once dynamically developing state. The West is ready to implement the same scenario in Syria, Iran, and other countries, noted Alexander Lukashenko.
The President emphasised that political, economic, and informational pressure on Belarus is becoming increasingly large-scale, sophisticated, and persistent. Economic sanctions are being imposed on enterprises, and visa restrictions on citizens.
Alexander Lukashenko also noted that nowadays, the defence of the Fatherland is no longer the prerogative of the military alone. It is now the concern of everyone: officers, scientists, businessmen, workers, programmers, and farmers. After all, strategic superiority in any confrontation is achieved through the consolidation of society, said the Head of State, stressing that the key to success is the fusion of military power, scientific potential, and the highest patriotism of the population.
According to the President, the analysis of recent events in the country confirms the strength of the Belarusian socio-political and economic development model. And the entire system of the country's military organisation ensures peaceful creative labour and stability for the people.
At a reception, Alexander Lukashenko presented general's shoulder boards to representatives of the highest officer staff of the security forces: Valery Vakulchik - Major General of Justice, Alexander Shamko - Major General of the Internal Service, Valentin Mikhnevich - Major General of Militia. Major General shoulder boards were also received by Igor Busko, Igor Golub, Leonid Dedkov, Vladimir Kalach, and Viktor Lisovsky.
On the same day, the President took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Victory Monument.-0-
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