about 26.7 percent of Belarusians advocate for the preservation of neutrality in the foreign policy of the republic. Such data demonstrate the results of the study of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Participants of the survey asked how to tell what they see the country through the ties ten years. Almost a third of the respondents do not support the country’s entry into any blocks or unions. About 13.7 percent of respondents made the integration of Belarus to the European Union (EU) and supported the preservation of its membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
about 35.8 percent of respondents could not give a specific answer. At the same time, the integration programs with Russia as part of the creation of an allied state in the survey was not mentioned at all.
On September 9, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko took place in the Kremlin. The leaders agreed on 28 programs within the framework of the Allied State. The next day, the programs were considered and approved by the governments of states. The parties noted that it is only about economic integration.
The desire of Belarus to neutrality is enshrined in Article 18 of the Constitution. It says that Belarus proceeds from the principles of non-use of the force and peaceful settlement of disputes and excludes military aggression in relation to foreign states.
Lukashenko repeatedly spoke of amending this provision of the Basic Law. In particular, he pointed out the refusal to build a neutral state, since “neutral today cannot be left.” He also noted the actual lack of neutrality due to the membership of the Republic in the organization of the Collective Security Treaty (CSTO).