MINSK, 27 June (BelTA) – A peaceful life is the result of everyday work that is not always visible, but requires tremendous efforts, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the ceremony to present shoulder straps to senior officers on 27 June, BelTA has learned.
“It is already a kind of tradition to meet in the run-up to Independence Day celebrations. Today we are presenting general's shoulder straps. They go with the greatest responsibility for the future of the country, for maintaining peace on our land and security of Belarusian people. Contemporary Belarusians were lucky to be born and live under a peaceful sky. Yet, military people like us are well aware that a peaceful life is the result of painstaking daily work,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.
It is not always visible, but it requires colossal efforts, sometimes it is high-risk work, the president noted. “You are intelligent people, almost everyone of you uses messengers, reads various critical articles that blame me for preparing for war. Every day for nearly 30 years, I have been getting ready for war together with you. Maybe that is why we live under a peaceful sky today,” said the head of state.
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that sovereign Belarus and the whole world are going through an extremely difficult period now. “The threat of a new global conflict has never been as real as it is today,” he said. “They are once again trying to destabilize our country, our entire region, to make people confused. They are pulling out all the stops to rock the boat and to impose their own rules, establish their own order in which there will no longer be our countries and peoples. And let's be frank, we are playing into their hands sometimes. We never fail to give a reason for this. As I have said, color revolutions do not happen for no reason,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
