MINSK, November 3. /TASS/. The problems existing in relations between Belarus and neighboring NATO countries should be resolved at the negotiating table, but the political leaderships of these states reject this possibility, the Secretary of Belarus' Security Council, Alexander Volfovich, told the media in Moscow on Thursday after a meeting with his CIS counterparts.
"Disputes should be resolved in a peaceful, civilized and democratic manner. We should meet at the negotiating table, discuss problems and find common ground. Unfortunately, this is something the political leaderships of the neighboring countries are reluctant to do. They sever all international treaties and hide behind some kind of iron curtain," the BelTA news agency quoted him as saying.
Volfovich believes that "the Berlin Wall, which was once pulled down in Germany, has now re-emerged on the territory of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha national park."
He recalled that "five-meter fences have been built along the common borders and barbed wire entanglements have been stretched both on the territory of Poland and the Baltic states."
"The leaderships of these countries refuse to have any contact and show no intention to discuss any problems. This is sad, worrisome and wrong," Volfovich believes.
He also expressed concern over the militarization of neighboring Poland.
"First of all, the militarization of Poland and its aggressive intentions are of great concern: to the detriment of its own economic interests that country places a stake on militarization and buildup of military personnel and equipment. No one cares about ordinary Polish people," Volfovich said. He suspects that such policies are being conducted with the aim of unleashing aggression.
"Unleashing aggression against whom? Naturally, Belarus is the closest country," he said. Volfovich warned the Polish leadership that should it "start aggression, the war will affect not only the territory of Belarus but very soon be blazing across the entire territory of Eastern Europe."
"The peaceful people of Poland and other countries, who will suffer from this, will not forgive their political leaders for what they are trying to do today," he pointed out.