Belarussian President Lukashenko calls Poland a beachhead for an attack

The President of Belarus, Aleksander Lukashenko, has called Poland a beachhead for an attack on his country by NATO forces. Lukashenko, participating in an official ceremony, delivered a two-and-a-half-hour speech, broadcast on radio and television, in which he accused NATOand Poland of blackmailing Belarus. In bitter words the President said, 'We saved you during World War II, and you should be grateful for that. If you can't, or what is more probable, you don't want to, do not tell us what we should do.' In his opinion, clear signs of NATO's hostility toward Belarus include the construction of an ultramodern radar station on Poland's eastern border, as well as planned military maneuvers by NATO and the Baltic countries. According to Lukashenko, Belarus has been the territory most often targeted by Western secret services. (Rzeczpospolita, 19-20 May, p.A4)