“I instructed the government.

In the near future, measures will be taken to deny recognition of diplomas obtained abroad, ”BelTA quoted him as saying.

He also commented on the intention of some Belarusian students to go abroad to study.

“If they think to study there, they’ll be brainwashed there, as the Poles do to our children who study there, and they will give them to us as the fifth column ... This will not happen,” Lukashenka said.

Earlier, Lukashenko assessed the socio-political situation, which, in his opinion, has developed in the neighboring countries: Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine.