"NATO Is An Action Plan For Belarus."

• 25.10.2025, 16:46

Neutrality is not good for our country.

Why should Belarus become part of NATO? Such a question Charter97.org asked the leader of the civil campaign "European Belarus" Andrei Sannikov:

- Only NATO guarantees security and independence, sovereignty, freedom and democracy of Belarus. It is strange that this still has to be explained. The choice between Russia and Europe is a choice between slavery and independent existence as an independent state in Europe.

If earlier it was possible to talk about some kind of neutrality, today it is not even necessary to remember about it, because no neutrality will not ensure independent existence of Belarus, the more so it will simply be prohibitively expensive. Finland and especially Sweden held on to their dear sovereignty for a long time, believing that membership in the European Union was enough to ensure their security, but as soon as they started shooting, they immediately rushed to NATO.

I am pleased with the fact that this compilation, "Belarus in NATO", which brought together authoritative experts from different countries, from neighboring countries, including former ministers and the current EU Commissioner for Defense, has been published. I am pleased that the experts are very optimistic about the chances of Belarus for NATO membership, for liberation from Russian pressure, for liberation from dictatorship. NATO is not a fantasy, I would say that it is an action plan that Belarus will have to implement, hopefully in the near future.