Makei, in a multi-vector rage, replaced the slogan “Live Belarus” with a more anti-Russian one
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Vladimir Makei, known for his pro-Western views, today spoke in favor of reorienting the country’s foreign policy towards prioritizing relations with Russia and the post-Soviet space.
However, he could not resist praising the notorious multi-vector approach, and also sent a secret signal to the opposition, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In my opinion, the desire for neutrality enshrined in the constitution does not correspond to the current situation. In the modern globalized world, permeated by internationalization, neutrality in its classical sense no longer exists. It is proposed to take this aspect into account when working on amendments to the basic law of our country,” Makei said, speaking at the All-Belarusian National Assembly in Minsk.
He stated that the Foreign Ministry undertakes to develop a new concept of Belarus' foreign policy.
At the same time, Makei is convinced that Belarus “must continue to remain committed to a multi-vector foreign policy.”
“Everything new that we have created in independent Belarus has been largely done thanks to a balanced foreign policy course. The idea of a high-tech park was borrowed from the United States, the Great Stone industrial park is a joint project with China, and we launch satellites and build nuclear power plants together with Russia. “Could we be proud of these projects if we had chosen different foreign policy approaches,” Makei asked.
He emphasized that the concept of multi-vector “does not exclude the predominance of any vector.”
“Russia has always been, is and will be our strategic partner. Therefore, the main vector of our development will be aimed at interaction with this country. I will express a seditious thought about adjusting the foreign economic formula: third-third-third (Russia-EU-the rest of the way – ed.). Neighboring countries, especially the more powerful ones, have an advantage. Taking into account the intensified integration processes in the post-Soviet space, it would be correct to concentrate half of our exports on this vector, dividing the second half into two other directions,” said Makei, but again could not resist and noted that “trade with the West is important, and often an indispensable component of trade in Belarus."
In conclusion, the minister burst into a strange poetic passage.
“Someone is worried about Belarus living. Belarus is more alive and will continue to live. Unlike a bunch of false patriots looking at Belarus through sanctions sights from behind the hill, the overwhelming majority of Belarusians truly love their homeland. And this is the guarantee that she will stand and endure. “I love Belarus” should be the slogan of those who truly support the country,” Makei said.
The nationalist website “Nasha Niva” deciphered the minister’s secret signal: “I love Belarus” - the password of the Polish rebels against Russia led by Vincent Kalinowski, whom the Belarusian opposition made its hero.
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