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Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko emphasized his country’s peaceful intentions while on a visit to Grodno on the border with Poland and Lithuania on Tuesday. “We don’t have to threaten anyone. We don’t want any foreign territory,” he said in remarks reported by the presidential office. “Don’t believe anyone who says that we want to fight,” Lukashenko called out on laying the foundation stone for a hospital. But he added: “We are readying ourselves for war, and I say that openly.” Lukashenko said that Belarus was equipping its military for the possibility of attack, accusing NATO member…