Lukashenko: the protests in Belarus were provoked by foreign countries
On August 17 local time, Belarusian president Lukashenko delivered a speech at Minsk tractor factory, pointing out that the unrest in Belarus was provoked by foreign countries, with the purpose of involving the Russian army in dealing with domestic affairs. “No one can guarantee that those outside forces will be indifferent to us,” Lukashenko said Lukashenko pointed out that Putin shares the same view with himself, that the current chaos is not in vain, there are plans behind it. The White Russian president said the protestors were poisoned by social networks, which led to the idea that the current regime would collapse. “The regime will never collapse, we will deal with their [opponents], it will only take patience,” Lukashenko told the workers In addition, Lukashenko also stressed that Belarus has held presidential elections and will not hold any more elections. “Don’t expect me to make concessions under pressure. There will be no elections,” Lukashenko said (chief station reporter Zhu Jing)
