President at informal summit of CIS leaders: It is not Belarus and Russia that should seek a way out of the current international situation

St. Petersburg hosted an informal summit of the CIS leaders today. It was attended by the President of Belarus. Such meetings are an opportunity to discuss economic cooperation and security issues in a special friendly atmosphere (in an open discussion format). The situation in the world is not the easiest one: there are plenty of problems. In addition to the events in Ukraine, there are, alas, conflicts between other countries of the Commonwealth.

Answering the questions of journalists, Alexander Lukashenko stressed that it is not Belarus and Russia who should be looking for a way out of the current international situation, but those who have created it.

Such friendly meetings of the CIS leaders in the northern capital of Russia are already a good tradition. There is a certain symbolism in this: after all, these are the native places of the Russian leader. By the way, journalists, knowing Lukashenko's openness, did not hesitate to ask what gift the Belarusian President had brought for his colleague. Today Putin is celebrating his anniversary. А. Lukashenko brought a BELARUS tractor as a gift for Vladimir Putin

Summits like this are held without a strict agenda. There is a free discussion of the issues of the day. And the international situation is indeed becoming more tense. One of them was about the way out of the current international situation, as seen by the Belarusian leader. "But why do we need to get out of some international situation? - Alexander Lukashenko responded. It is not up to us to find a way out of the international situation. We have not entered it, and we are not going to make some tremendous efforts to leave it. Let them look for a way out of this international situation, which they created. "

The President drew attention to the fact that journalists do not have all the information about what is happening. "They have been looking for that way out for a long time," said the head of state.

Another question concerned the security of the western borders of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in the emerging international situation.

"You've heard the statements that they have allegedly already agreed: let's move the arsenals of nuclear weapons to Poland," said Alexander Lukashenko. - "We will think it over. We have already decided, we'll think again how to respond. Don't worry, everything will be all right."