MINSK, 11 January (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko urged to intensify the work on developing a new wording of the national security concept. The Belarusian head of state made this statement during a session on the military security of the state on 11 January. According to the head of state, the world is undergoing dramatic transformations. New centers of power, intense competition for the access to the natural resources, tough competition among the models of social structure, the global economic crisis bring about more contradictions. “Such realities make national security even more important. Belarus has entered this period with a completely formed integrated system of national security. The developed mechanism has proved its efficiency even in the most difficult conditions,” the President of Belarus said. According to the President, the Belarus Armed Forces have fulfilled their tasks to the full. The West 2009 operational and strategic exercise in September 2009 was a great success. Belarus and Russia did a great deal of work on joint security, signed a number of relevant agreements. Bearing in mind the up-to-date tendencies of military operations, the country’s defense needs and its economic potential, Belarus has developed a concept on the construction and development of the Armed Forces up to 2020 and the country’s defense scheme that defined the major principles of the state’s military policy and pivotal guidelines for the development of the Belarusian army. “It has turned to be insufficient though. I believe that there is a need to work out a fundamental document regulating the issues of national security. It should contain new approaches taking into account all present-day challenges and threats as well as the conditions for Belarus’ further sustainable development,” said Alexander Lukashenko. Alexander Lukashenko urged to intensify the work on a new wording of the national security concept. It should preserve a close interrelation with the previously-adopted fundamental documents and serve as a link for the following strategic documents.

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