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MOSCOW, 7 May (BelTA) – The mankind should be grateful to the nations who won the Great Patriotic War. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he met with Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on 7 May, BelTA has learned.

“We will not give away our victory. The mankind should be grateful for this victory,” said Alexander Lukashenko.

The Belarusian leader underlined that Belarusians have nothing to be ashamed of before the generations that secured the victory. “Belarusians have never hesitated. We have always celebrated Victory Day as the greatest holiday,” said the President. He also invited Dmitry Medvedev to see the new Great Patriotic War museum during his next visit to Minsk. The museum symbolizes the attitude of the Belarusian nation towards the memory about the heroism of Soviet peoples.

Alexander Lukashenko remarked that his visit to Russia on the eve of Victory Day was not accidental. “We have come to congratulate the Russians on this great holiday,” he said.

In turn, Dmitry Medvedev asked to convey his congratulations to Belarusian veterans from the Russian government. “In our countries Victory Day is held in high esteem, it is celebrated by all the generations. The tradition will never lose value,” said the Prime Minister of Russia.