{"id":500964,"date":"2025-12-09T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=500964"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:12:36","slug":"we-have-no-intention-of-attacking-anyone-lukashenka-convenes-security-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/we-have-no-intention-of-attacking-anyone-lukashenka-convenes-security-council","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Have No Intention of Attacking Anyone\u201d: Lukashenka Convenes Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/b> convened a meeting of the Security Council, his press service reported. Opening the session, he once again insisted that Belarus does not intend to attack any country, though the increase in military spending in neighbouring states, he said, raises concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot ignore this mobilisation and militarisation. A simple, earthly question arises: if someone is doing something, then they need it for something. These countries would not be spending huge sums merely to \u2018counter\u2019 Russia and Belarus. We have no intention of attacking anyone. We have everything we need,\u201d<\/i> he stated.<\/p>\n

Against this backdrop, Lukashenka argued the country must update its defence posture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must actualise our defensive measures so that everyone sees we are ready to defend every inch of our land.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

He stressed that Minsk seeks no conflict: \u201cWe do not want war; we do not consider anyone our adversary or competitor. Nevertheless, we prepare for war in order to prevent it. Our interests are very simple. They do not extend beyond our borders.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Lukashenka reiterated that Belarus has Russia\u2019s full support regarding the deployment of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why the question of returning nuclear weapons to us was raised \u2014 and we did so. We placed the newest Russian systems on combat duty. We have full understanding and support from Russia. We are not going to attack anyone. Enough \u2014 we have fought enough,\u201d<\/i> he said.<\/p>\n

He also touched on the peace process involving the United States, Russia and Ukraine, speaking approvingly of U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople try to downplay Trump\u2019s role, but in this regard he is doing well. His statements yesterday will not go unnoticed. He wants to stop the war so that people do not die. One can twist this however one likes, but what can you say against what the Americans are doing today?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Even if peace were achieved \u201ctoday or tomorrow,\u201d Lukashenka said it would not make his situation easier \u2014 he believes pressure on him would continue.<\/p>\n

Turning to relations with Lithuania, he demanded that Vilnius sit down at the negotiating table with Minsk, insisting that third parties should not be involved and that rhetoric will not resolve the situation with Lithuanian cargo trucks stranded in Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alyaksandr Lukashenka convened a meeting of the Security Council, his press service reported. Opening the session, he once again insisted that Belarus does not intend to attack any country, though the increase in military spending in neighbouring states, he said, raises concerns. \u201cWe cannot ignore this mobilisation and militarisation. A simple, earthly question arises: if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":500963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6937f619bd5e4.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"\u201cWe Have No Intention of Attacking Anyone\u201d: Lukashenka Convenes Security Council"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}