Lukashenka at the UN rostrum: Why are you throwing an incumbent president out of office?

Belarus President spoke at the plenary meeting of the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit.

On 27 September Aliaksandr Lukashenka spoke at the plenary meeting of the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit.

Taking the opportunity, Belarusan leader accused the West in stirring up war in Iraq, Syria, and Libya; talked about the crisis of the international structures and called for cessation of war in Ukraine.

“Did you, the guilty, say that it was a mistake and it would be better to stop? No, you moved further. You started with Tunisia and ended in Libya. The scenario is the same. You crucified President Gaddafi and destroyed the country. Is Libya better off now? No. Is Libya a cohesive state today? Did you, gentlemen, say it was time to stop? No, you are on Syria now. Why? Why are you killing people? Why are you throwing a president out of office? How does this concern you? Moreover, by destroying Syria you have been destroying the first traces of our civilization,” questioned Lukashenka from the UN rostrum. 

Talking about the war in Ukraine launched by Kremlin, Lukashenka wasn’t straightforward.

“If we do not stop the bloodshed in Europe, this fratricidal slaughter, if we allow the escalation of this conflict, it will be “hot” in the entire civilized world. This will mean another step toward a global conflict, and perhaps toward another world war, this time in the center of the civilized advanced world. Having entered a new millennium we seem to fail to understand how fragile the peace and human civilization is.”

Having come to the US for the first time in ten years, Lukashenka couldn’t but take pokes at the UN:

“I cannot but speak about the crisis of international structures. It seems that today their role is to be a place for the states to argue and often to be a means of pressure on the states that cannot please the great of the world… We should put an end to this malpractice. The UN should be a venue for cooperation, not confrontation.”