Lukashenka: Adversaries at western borders have become more active

The dictator has started to look for foreign enemies again.

While reporting to Alyaksandr Lukashenka, chairman of the KGB of Belarus (the State Security Committee of Belarus) Valery Vakulchyk (Vakulchik) expressed concerns over “increase in activity of foreign intelligence agents” and “the criminal situation at the southern borders”, BelTA writes.

The ruler noted that he had invited the top KGB serviceman for a report “not only because the political situation is complicated or because we are on the eve of a presidential election campaign”. “All of it is important. And then the activity of our non-friends on western borders has increased too much. I would like you to inform me briefly about the situation in Belarus, the way you see it on the basis of your special data and sources, and about the threats that you see and that we should pay serious attention to not only today, tomorrow but also in a more distant future,” Lukashenka said.

As said by Vakulchyk, build-up of the NATO armed forces on the western borders is taking place, while the crime rate on the southern borders is rising. The KGB chief remarked that it is primarily manifested as an increase in the availability of firearms in Ukraine. The firearms are fed from the military operation zone in Ukraine's east. Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are unable to fully control the situation. The state of affairs leads to criminalization of a significant part of the population. According to Valery Vakulchyk, the facts cause concerns among Belarusian law enforcement agencies and the KGB (the State Security Committee) as all these weapons can be used for criminal purposes and for committing acts of terrorism.

At the same time, the KGB Chairman stressed that the State Border Committee and the Belarusian Interior Ministry take adequate measures to reinforce the southern borders and these measures produce results.

Vakulchyk also remarked that that an increase in the activity of foreign intelligence services with regard to Belarus in the last year causes concern as well.

Lukashenka has demanded to keep up vigilance for the sake of preventing any threats that may emerge taking into account the current foreign policy situation.