[000:00:00;00] the standard of living of our e people, but in general, of course, the international agenda, it is today, let's say, in the foreground, that is , i really want to emphasize this moment why it is the international situation, yes , that is decisive, well, in many ways. in my opinion , there are no internal global factors that would now influence this situation. or i'm wrong. i agree with you that there are no internal factors. we are developing steadily. we are implementing the plans that were, uh, adopted, including uh, all by belarusian by the people's assembly, we were able to hold back. e, those, uh, that pressure is primarily economic, which, uh, has been and is being carried out by western countries in relation to the republic of belarus, yes, because ours are not

expected by others. there was a significant double-digit drop in the gdp of the republic of belarus. yes, they expected the failure of a catastrophe. we can call the figure 20%, more than twenty percent. actually, actually. the figure is just over four percent. it's practical. nothing compared. with those, e forecasts , forecasts that were made. uh, economists politicians political scientists. i would say so by people who, of course, are not. e friends or partners of the republic, belarus agrees we will say, we will not be engaged in cap throwing. we understand that there are problems and they are being discussed. they are discussed, including by the president, at meetings rather harshly, but at the same time, there is no failure and there will not be any more. at least they don't wait. no, it really does not exist, and this

is objective. yesterday we heard the report of the first deputy prime minister of the republic of belarus, which was dedicated. here is the work of the government economy in 2020 second year. and i want to tell you that there really wasn’t any hatred, but there was a deep, calm and very professional analysis, which impressed me very much. as a senator and a deputy, and , uh, we left the meeting room. uh, house of representatives convinced that 2023. we'll work even better, it's important. and that's why let's touch on the topic today and, of course, the more profound challenges to our national security. well given that it's yours say direct sphere of activity. yes let's start with the external vector last week

a meeting of the vtb took place and our position is unchanging calls for a peaceful settlement. well, why, when alexander lukashenko calls for peace in ukraine, this is not only about ukraine, but much more global. well , indeed, the most important political event in our country took place - an off-site meeting of the parliamentary assembly and council of the csto. the key event was the meeting of alexander grigoryevich lukashenko with the speakers. e of the parliaments of the participating countries. uh, csto the importance of this meeting. i can emphasize it by the fact that it, uh, exceeded the planned time by several times, and again alexander grigoryevich delivered a very informative speech and suggested, uh, our colleagues a specific policy to join a specific policy related to

security. uh, securing peace. but a. why, uh, maybe not all uh, accept peaceful initiatives. well, you know there is. uh, such a thing as the national interest. but let me return directly to your question today. not even about ukraine today we are talking about a new world order, and here the west and east collide, large e, countries and countries that over the past ten decades collide. indeed, e have made progress in e. socio-economic development in strengthening their defense capabilities, including sovereignty, so here these things, and such a policy of such countries of friendly countries, as a rule, it is consonant. it

coincides with the policy of the president of the republic of belarus framework. even in our region, it is global; it affects the alignment of forces on the emerging alignment of forces. e in the world. well, you will agree that there is a body that could really manage these issues, at least, i will not say to control, yes, but to participate more actively in a just world order , the un security council well, at least. yes, where belarus could be at least as a non-permanent member and seriously influence the situation within the security council. let's talk straight there are levers, there are handles, including clones from 2007 in belarus was the only candidate. here is

the eastern european regional group. yes elections very soon in june. well, unexpectedly , the west exposes a spoiler against belarus. yes, glory is harsh. in the same place, this process is lengthy, as it were, yes, absolutely they are right there. it is, as he says, like the last carriage. can we ask, not without irony, to count on fair elections from honest people, why are we accused of being a saaggressor, moreover, the very peace-loving countries that are now supplying armed ukraine themselves declare that they can stop this war overnight. well, it does not do this and all together. this is because they bombed yugoslavia without authorization 20 years ago at 7 months. indeed, the main task and function of the security council is to ensure international peace and security, and, in 2007, the republic of belarus put forward

its candidacy for non-permanent members. oh, the security council, by the way, i will say that at that time i worked as a deputy chairman of the permanent representative of the republic of belarus to the united nations and we in our regional group that we will not compete in these elections. it is not accepted, as far as i know, yes, well, here is the african group, it always agrees within the consolidated. e is working, and in 2007 we put forward the group agreed and until 2021 everything was in order, there were none. uh, let's say movements, so that somewhere someone moves forward. yes, he proposed his candidacy. although this is, frankly, not prohibited. well, here's a little more in the kitchen of this group. uh, it's 24

countries are such a diverse group. in fact, only four countries are not members of either nato or the eu or are not an associate member of the european union, including this republic. that is, you can see how difficult the political situation is in this group, everything was fine, but 2020 took place. e western e, in quotation marks, the partners were dissatisfied. they prevented yes with results, they tried to organize us, uh, a color revolution, not a constitutional change of power, and thanks only to uh, the courage of the strategic the will of the president of the vertical of power, we and i emphasized to the belarusian people the wisdom of the belarusian people, we survived, but

you see, after that they try to us. uh, let 's just say everywhere on all international venues. uh, trying to push the competition. or, as you put it, spoilers. well, i want to say, so we had the same situation. in 2007-2008, we were elected to the second most important body. he is the un socio-economic council and uh, then there were two uh, there were two vacancies, belarus romania and again. we didn't really like west and advances, bulgaria here but we managed we managed to overcome this barrier. we defeated bulgaria in the third round and became members of ecosos members of ecosos. well, going back to your irony of course, of course, u you know uh of the public , it may not be clear these uh details, but

experts, of course, understand, and they will agree with you, that this uh nomination is politically motivated in order to to prevent the election of a republic, belarus in e. composition of non-permanent members. uh, unsc but right there, uh, we have the opportunity, uh develop the initiative of the president of the republic of belarus to hold a general e-global discussion. on international security issues, this is the most important part and you know under all circumstances in any political contour, despite the fact that it’s enough e, the difficult political atmosphere regarding belarus the russian federation is now in the united nations belarus is respected belarus knows many