Ukraine's accession to the North Atlantic Alliance is a much safer option for Russia and Belarus than its current non-aligned status. This opinion was made today by the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko during his visit to the Divin border posts in the Kobrin district of the Brest region on the border with the Nezalezhnaya. He outlined a picture of the possible geopolitical development in the region. "If Ukraine will be in NATO - another situation, if there is not in NATO, but too nationalistic tendencies will prevail there with an orientation" to fight with all ", then this is the third situation - even more complicated," BelTA quoted Alexander Grigorievich. Batska calls not to be afraid of the aspirations of the Kiev authorities to drive the Ukrainians into an alliance.
"I often say to Russians who are afraid that Ukraine will become NATO, that maybe there will come times when we will rejoice that Ukraine is in NATO, and not become some kind of gangster state, where there will be separate bandit groups and groups. That's where we will not find much:.
and Russia, and Belarus, and all the rest, "- said Lukashenko. Also, the president gave an assessment of what is happening now in Donbass. According to him, in the mining area, as in Syria, the interests of major powers. "It seems to me that perhaps there would be peace if there were no other parties interested in this confrontation. You know who, "- said the head of state. Referring to the UAR, Lukashenka called the countries that "stand in the forehead" stand on their own in the region - Russia, Iran and the United States.
Who specifically had in mind in the case of Ukraine, the Belarusian leader did not specify. Recall postmaid Verkhovna Rada in late 2014 adopted a law that involves the rejection of the Nezalezhnaya from the policy of non-alignment. In June 2017, the parliament supported another document that reinforces the country's intention to join NATO. In the March 9, 2018 bloc reported that they recognize Ukraine as a postgraduate state - a candidate for membership in the alliance.