 Alexander Lukashenko, the risks of the use of weapons of mass destruction are growing. The international situation remains unprecedentedly tense, with all kinds of challenges and threats becoming more acute. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in his greetings to the participants of the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security, the ITA Agency informs, over the past decade, such meetings and communication in the format of multilateral dialogue on priority areas of global and regional security have become very much in demand and relevant. They give an opportunity to exchange professional opinions, comprehensively assess the situation in the regions of the globe, compare the agenda on key issues of peace preservation. The president said, The current international situation remains unprecedentedly tense, practically all known challenges and threats have become more acute. International law on arms control has been discredited. The risks of the use of weapons of mass destruction, including provocations using nuclear and biological means of destruction, are growing. Earlier Alexander Lukashenko said that he wouldn't hesitate to order the use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons that are deployed to Belarus if his country faces an aggression. God forbid, I have to make a decision to use these weapons today, but there would be no hesitation if we face an aggression. Lukashenko said, Lukashenko emphasised that it was he who had asked President Vladimir Putin to deploy Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus. He argued that the move was necessary to deter a potential aggression. I believe no one would be willing to fight a country that has those weapons. Lukashenko said, Those are weapons of deterrence.