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Lukashenko: No Weapons Supplied to Karabakh Parties in 6 Months

reporter 1222 — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:58:02 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told his Armenian counterpart, Armen Sarkissian that Belarus has supplied weapons neither to Azerbaijan nor to Armenia in the recent six months, BelTA agency reported on Monday after their telephone conversation.

According to BelTA, the conversation was initiated by the Armenian leader. The two presidents discussed the socio-economic and political situation in Belarus and Armenia. Sarkissian informed the Belarusian leader about the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, TASS reported.

Special attention was drawn by the Armenian president to recent media reports about alleged supplies of military cargoes from Belarus to Azerbaijan. “A clear response was given to this fake information – no supplies of military cargoes have been done either to Azerbaijan or to Armenia in the recent six months,” BelTA said.

Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27, with intense battles raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The area experienced flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014, in April 2016 and this past July. Azerbaijan and Armenia have imposed martial law and launched mobilization efforts. Both parties to the conflict have reported casualties, among them civilians.

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the highland region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up, but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, broke out in February 1988 after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

In 1992-1994, tensions boiled over and exploded into large-scale military action for control over the enclave and seven adjacent territories after Azerbaijan lost control of them. Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group, led by its three co-chairs – Russia, France and the United States.

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Belarus: Lukashenko Sworn in as President

reporter 1222 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:58:39 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Aleksandr Lukashenko has been sworn in as the President of Belarus in an inaugural ceremony in the Palace of Independence, BelTA has learned.

Several hundred people have been invited to attend the ceremony. These include senior officials, members of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic, heads of government bodies and organizations, local executive and executive bodies, the national media, scientists, figures of culture and sports.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the President assumes the office after taking the following oath: “Assuming the office of the President of the Republic of Belarus, I solemnly swear to faithfully serve the people of the Republic of Belarus, to respect and protect the rights and freedoms of man and of the citizen, to observe and protect the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, and to fulfill strictly and conscientiously the lofty duties that have been bestowed upon me.”

Holding his right hand on the Constitution, Aleksandr Lukashenko took the oath in the Belarusian language. After that Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the act of taking the oath, and Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission Lidia Yermoshina gave him the Certificate of the President of the Republic of Belarus.

The presidential election in Belarus took place on 9 August. According to the CEC, Aleksandr Lukashenko got 80.1% of the vote. The turnout was 84.28%.

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Lukashenko Commands Army to Protects Territorial Integrity

reporter 1222 — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:12:30 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called on the defense ministry’s leadership to take all measures on protecting the country’s territorial integrity, paying a special focus on its western part.

“We must first of all protect the western jewel in the crown of Belarus with the center in Grodno,” Lukashenko said during his visit to a military firing range near Grodno, according to BelTA news agency.

Alexander Lukashenko urged “the toughest measures on protecting the country’s territorial integrity”.

Lukashenko said the scenario of color revolutions using the external factor is carried out against his country.

“Everything is clear. As we thought, everything is according to the plan of color revolutions with whipping up domestic political tensions in the country,” Lukashenko said, TASS reported.

According to the Belarusian leader, “the hallmark of the situation is that an external factor is used, which does not always happen.”

“Usually, they whip up tensions inside and topple the authorities. But since the authorities are strong and put up tough resistance, they have used an external factor,” Lukashenko said.

Lukashenko believes that the Western countries’ support for the opposition is direct meddling in the Belarusian situation.

“This concerns sponsoring (the opposition) and pushing us to hold talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, it’s clear why they are doing this,” he said. According to Lukashenko, these steps and statements by Western countries are “direct interference in the situation in Belarus.”

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