Lukashenko: I am sure we will never have to use nuclear weapons, but we must have them
udf.byI am sure we will never have to use nuclear weapons, but we must have them, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a solemn meeting to mark Belarus' Independence Day in Minsk on 30 June, BelTA has learned. «I once told you at a large forum: if you don't know what to do in a given situation, and your enemies go out of their way to persuade you of something, do the opposite.
If they make a push against nuclear weapons, do the opposite,» Aleksandr Lukashenko said. The president recalled how the Belarusian opposition, self-exiled today, striving for power yesterday, would say: «When we come to power, we will shut down the Belarusian nuclear power plant, we do not need it.» «Why did they say that?