News & Events in Belarus

MINSK, 24 December (BelTA) – Peace, and our kind and industrious people are the most valuable assets of Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko said as he attended the New Year charity campaign Our Children on 24 December, BelTA has learned.

“The peace that we have preserved is our main asset, and kind and industrious Belarusian people are our true wealth,” the Belarusian leader noted. Such qualities of Belarusians become particularly evident at the most crucial moments in history, like it was in the outgoing year, Alexander Lukashenko stressed.

"Unfortunately, it is not quiet and peaceful in other places. Peace and calm in many parts of our planet get broken,” the Belarusian head of state noted. The President said he is very happy that a lot of children especially from Ukraine, where it is unquiet, found shelter in Belarus.

Talking to the children, the President said that he is grateful to them that they took small refugees from Ukraine into their good family, surrounded them with care. "This is great. This fits the best features of the Belarusian nation, and you are acquiring them," Alexander Lukashenko said. Belarusian cordiality, hospitality, love for the country and willingness to help is at the heart of the national culture. Every generation makes its invaluable contribution to this treasury, and the younger generation of Belarusians is expected to make its own,” the head of state stated.