According to him, international organizations render the republic insignificant aid. "Today we do not need clothes and foodstuffs but medical equipment," Mr. Lukashenko said in an interview with Russian America newspaper.
Once nationalists tried to add political coloration to this tragedy, the President noted. Today some countries build their policy on humanitarian aid. In his opinion, charity organizations should give their money through state structures in order to control their use.
The program on the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe was revised ten years ago, Mr. Lukashenko said. The rehabilitation of the regions which suffered from the tragedy was made the top priority of this program.
Moreover, the program is focused on the construction of medical institutions and the development of the infrastructure in these regions, the Belarussian leader noted.
After the catastrophe at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (Ukraine), 23% of Belarussian territory was poisoned with radionuclides.
