MINSK, 18 February (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko presented the Order of Honor to State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota during the meeting at the Palace of Independence in Minsk on 18 February, BelTA has learned.
Grigory Rapota received the award in recognition of a big personal contribution to the development of integration cooperation, Union State construction, enhancement of friendly relations and unity of peoples of Belarus and Russia.
“You deserve it,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed presenting the award. Accepting the award, Grigory Rapota responded: “Serving our Union State!”
Addressing the president, the state secretary thanked him for many years of productive joint work. “You have always responded to all requests, all questions, all wishes. It creates a very good working environment. With God’s help we will manage to preserve it in the Permanent Committee and other agencies. It is a good mechanism, and we must use it,” he said. “I am ready to help new people who will work there.”
The state secretary of the Union State confirmed that he will continue doing his best for the enhancement of relations of Belarus and Russia. “In my opinion, it is very important. It is important for Russians, it is important for Belarusians. It is important for the entire post-Soviet space,” he said. “I will be committed to it at any job in the future.”