Lukashenko opines on Belarus' decision to drop nationalism in the 1990s

The development path that Belarus chose in the 1990s was life-changing and the decision to drop the nationalist agenda proved to be right, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the staff of the Belshina company in Bobruisk, BelTA has learned. The head of state emphasized that the situation in Ukraine is extremely difficult, but he had always cared about the Ukrainians. This is due to a number of reasons, including the Ukrainian roots of the Belarusian head of state, the fact that he did military service in this country, and personal experience. “You cannot even imagine how hardworking these people are.

The Ukrainians, ordinary people, the people of Ukraine are candid, strong, courageous, good people. Indeed, they have their own peculiarities. In our country not everything is simple, either.

There are all kinds of nations and people, but they are very good people,” the head of state said. According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, it so happened that nationalism, and even Nazism, began to prevail in the politics of Ukraine. “God forbid, it will evolve into fascism.

This is the kind of leaders that came to power there,” he said. The president recalled that the same scenario unfolded in Belarus in the early 1990s. but, unlike Ukraine, Belarus ‘swept away this evil' and went the other way: “It was not easy to break it.

Yet, we did it without a war. Remember the riots taking place here in Minsk, cars flipped over and burned. We had it in the first years of my presidency.

The nationalists did not want to give up without putting a fight. But Ukraine succumbed to them. Ukraine has always been more nationalistic than Belarus.