October 31, Pozirk. Alaksandar Łukašenka renewed his contempt toward Europe during a visit to the Biarezinski Biosphere Reserve, calling the EU “stinky” and insisting it owes Belarus for clean air, even as he pledged Belarus would not enter a war unless attacked.
The time will come for the “stinky” Europe to pay Belarus for clean air generated by the country’s preserved forests and wetlands, he said during a visit to the reserve in the Viciebsk region’s Lepel district.
In Łukašenka’s opinion, these resources are “practically non-existent” in the European Union, and the winds carry Belarus’ clean air there. “Instead of paying for it, they’re trying to stifle us with sanctions. It’s going to change. It’s already changing,” the state media quoted the strongman as saying.
Furthermore, he said that Belarus will not enter a war unless attacked, and that the nation must weather these uncertain times.
“If we do, our children will live. If we don’t, we’ll be sucked into this whirlpool. There are about fifty conflicts and wars in the world. I would not like us to participate in the 51st. But I promise that we do not want to fight and will not get involved in this war if they don’t touch us,” Łukašenka said, omitting the fact that his regime has been helping Russia to wage the war of aggression for over three years.
“If you come to us without permission in your iron-shod boots, we’ll bash you,” he warned.
