MINSK, February 27. /TASS/. Attempts are being made to stir up the situation in Belarus so the country’s law enforcement agencies should react to the slightest aggression, President Alexander Lukahsneko said on Monday.
"We are talking about discipline and doing your duty. Particularly on the border,"he noted at a meeting with senior law enforcement officials, according to the BelTA news agency. "This concerns the police, the KGB and military officers, as all of us should be able to detect the slightest aggression on the border against our country in order to take the necessary retaliatory measures,"Lukashenko added.
"They will use any opportunity to stir up the situation in Belarus. And they will continue to do that. I ask and demand that you comply with these instructions,"the Belarusian president said.
He stressed that "given the current domestic developments and, most importantly, the external situation, I would like to hear your assessments of the internal political and military situation around Belarus.""I would like to reiterate and demand that you maintain the strictest discipline in the units of the Interior Ministry and the KGB,"the head of state emphasized. According to him, there are a lot of military service members in Belarus. "They are all armed. These are people who are focused on defending their Fatherland. We need to take advantage of that,"Lukashenko said.
Ahead of a three-day visit to China, the president held a closed-door meeting with senior law enforcement officials, including the state secretary of the country’s Security Council, the interior and defense ministers, as well as the chairmen of the KGB and the State Border Committee.