The Belarusian leader focused on the so-called hybrid challenges and threats in the context of Western policy: "Look at how our Western neighbors have expanded the concept of the hybrid threat." They included illegal immigration and smuggling. in the way in which they are mainly involved." Alexander Lukashenko emphasized that despite all the statements of the protective nature, the anti-glorious-European system often goes beyond the territory of the European Union, and carries out subversive work in third countries. An example of this is the EU's task forces to combat hybrid threats, which were deployed on the eve of important electoral campaigns in several post-Soviet countries. in order to "report foreign interference". It turns out interesting - intervention in order to prevent intervention, the president noted.