Lukashenko promised a hard response to any sanctions and provocations

For any sanctions, attacks and provocations, Belarus will respond tough, said the President of the country Alexander Lukashenko.

“For any sanctions, attacks and provocations, we will respond hard. Not because we want to arrange a fight in the center of the continent. We are” founded “. And because you are there in the West leave us another choice. You need Stop today, because tomorrow it may be too late, “RIA news the words said Lukashenko, which he said in Minsk in Parliament, turning to the collective West and NATO.

According to Lukashenko, one thing is required in this situation: the correct understanding of the situation and unity in society: “And with all sorts of temporary difficulties we will cope.”

At the same time, the Belarusian president called not to dedicated by the West in three billion dollars in return for reforms in the country: “These three billion are dusting somewhere on the shelf for ten years, we all promise. This is just a third of the cost of the nuclear power plant. Instead, you require destruction Belarusian economy. The essence of the reform you know. As a result, we will get the looting of the country that will become a beggar for a day. “

“We compensate for our active actions in other markets. We will replace an inexorable age-old Europe with rapidly growing Asia. Psychologically, our society is ready to become New Eurasia, its outpost,” Lukashenko said.