MINSK, 17 Sep. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated Belarusians on a new public holiday — National Unity Day, calling hybrid aggression among the tests the country has passed.
“Today is a significant day — we are celebrating a new public holiday for the first time. It turns us to the fateful events in the history of our native land. official website.
He stressed that “having gone through the pain of losses in the Great Patriotic War, the devastation of the 90s, the hybrid aggression unleashed against the state today,” the Belarusians have preserved what lives in their hearts, which can never be given up and which cannot be forsaken. “This is our country — Belarus, thanks to which we remain one nation,” the congratulatory message says. Lukashenka wished that the national unity, hardened by the hardest trials, sealed by the achievements of the winners, would become a source of the greatest spiritual strength and devotion to the Fatherland for future generations of Belarusians.
In Belarus, 20 people were detained in the case of terrorist attacksIn June, Lukashenko's press service reported that the president had signed a decree on the establishment of a national holiday, National Unity Day, which will be celebrated on September 17. The holiday, the date of which is associated with the entry of Soviet troops in 1939 into the territory of Western Belarus, which at that time was part of Poland as a result of the Riga Peace Treaty, and the unification of the Belarusian territory, will not be a day off. Prior to that, Lukashenko also signed a decree declaring this year the Year of National Unity in the republic, the decision was made in order to consolidate society. 1% of the vote, mass opposition protests began in the country, for the suppression of which the security forces, among other things, used special means and special equipment. On February 11, the KGB of Belarus announced that the situation in the country had stabilized, the peak of the protests had passed, their manifestations had practically disappeared. seizure of state power by unconstitutional means, attempted terrorist attack. Relations between Belarus and Western countries after the elections deteriorated sharply, the European Union, Great Britain, the USA, Canada and a number of other countries gradually introduced sanctions against Belarusian officials, as well as enterprises, accusing Minsk of election violations and human rights violations.
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