Lukashenko Should Be Reined In: How China Might React to Nuclear Threats

Lukashenko should be reined in: how China can react to nuclear threats Victoria Grabovskaya

Belarus again began to threaten the world with nuclear weapons. The head of the country's General Staff did not rule out the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons if there is a threat to the sovereignty and independence of Belarus.

Political scientist Oleg Lesnoy in in a conversation with 24 Channel, noted that Xi Jinping can influence the position of Alexander Lukashenko. The head of China also needs to use his influence on Vladimir Putin so that he pacifies Lukashenko.

“Frees the hands” of other dictators

Head of China , according to Lesnoy, must rein in the Belarusian dictator, who continues to rattle nuclear weapons.

I don’t understand why the world is reacting so calmly to this , that Belarus, due to the fact that Russia has placed nuclear weapons on its territory, is turning into a nuclear power,” the political scientist emphasized.

What is happening between Russia and Belarus in plan for one country to place nuclear weapons on the territory of another sends a certain message to all states. Like, if someone is attacked by a large nuclear state, the UN “will be concerned,” the Red Cross will look at it with “blind eyes,” the OSCE will react “in 10 years.”

If a country has nuclear weapons, then no one will attack it. This is exactly what the world is “playing” at now,” Lesnoy emphasized.

“The Nuclear Club” is called that because it does not want to expand. However, according to the political scientist, it turns out that, conditionally, it is possible to transfer nuclear weapons to some country. For example, USA – Ukraine. It is clear that this will never happen, but hypothetically North Korea could also do the same as Russia in relation to Belarus.

This “frees up your hands “to other dictators,” noted Oleg Lesnoy.

Let us recall that Putin announced in March 2023 that Russian tactical nuclear weapons would be deployed on the territory of Belarus. In January 2024, Belarus announced a new military doctrine, which will include the possibility of the country using nuclear weapons.