MOSCOW, April 6. /TASS/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said NATO is building up resources and capabilities near the borders of Belarus and Russia, especially near the border of the Kaliningrad Region.

"There’s a buildup of NATO resources and capabilities near the borders of Belarus and Russia. They are especially concerned about the Kaliningrad Region," he said at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus.

He said it is happening after the attempted economic blockade of the two countries ended in a failure.

"The economy is self-sufficient," Lukashenko said. "They didn’t succeed with the economy, and they are having to apply pressure militarily."

According to the Belarusian president, in the conditions of a media, political and economic war that’s been unleased against Belarus and Russia, the crisis of international law and the obvious influence from international institutions, it’s necessary to exercise more urgency and coordination in defending and protecting the national interests of Belarus and Russia.

"If need be, we will put to use everything to defend our Union State and our peoples," Lukashenko said.