Lukashenko: No will, sovereignty, respect, and security without national dignity

There is no and there can be no will, sovereignty, respect, and security without national dignity. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the national Kupala Night Festival (Alexandria Gathers Friends), BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Every day we face attempts to impose so-called universal values upon us. However, they are not meant for us. The global state of the future is a utopia. The world will never be monocultural. There is no idea appealing enough to make all the nations to abandon their ethnic history, way of life, and traditions. Even more so today when we see how fates of entire nations get ruined, how roots of one's own history get thoughtlessly cut off, how graves of ancestors are desecrated, and how monuments get demolished. We see it and understand that there is no and there can be no will, sovereignty, respect, and security without national dignity.”

The president went on saying: “Nowadays when the fight for preserving the value-based foundation of the state continues in the world, the truly independent nations go the extra mile to preserve their original way of life. Nations are united by a dialogue of culture, not the cancel culture. It is the key meaning of our celebration today. It is what inspires our development. Every year Alexandria summons friends from all over the world for the sake of peace and creation!”