“You will always be strangers there, second-rate. Two thousand people who receive education there, and maybe half of them remain, is not a problem for the state. But still, as president, I would like our young people to get an education and work here, ”BelTA quotes Lukashenko as saying.

He noted that he considers Belarusian education competitive and in demand in the world.

"Well, where we do not. I did not invent it. It is suffered by the people. This is because to tighten you there so that you go there. And it’s not cheap there, ”the head of state noted.

Lukashenka also suggested sending students to the army during the summer holidays.