The most precious thing today is peace, and we must do our utmost to preserve it, State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich told journalists on Independence Day, BelTA has learned.
"This is the main holiday of our statehood, independence and sovereignty and the main values that are enshrined in the Constitution and in the draft National Security Concept. Maintaining peace and security is the most important task for the national security system today,"...
Festive celebrations dedicated to Belarus' Independence Day and the 79th anniversary of liberation from the Nazi invaders in the Great Patriotic War will begin in Vitebsk with a flower ceremony at the memorial complex in honor of Soviet soldiers, partisans and underground fighters of Vitebsk Oblast and a rally on Victory Square.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is an outstanding statesman, and if Kiev wanted it, he could make a significant contribution to achieving peace in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a news briefing on 28 June when she was asked by journalists to comment on what Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Aleksei Danilov said about Aleksandr Lukashenko's possible participation in the negotiations between Moscow and...