MINSK, 17 Sep. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that we should not forget history, because it is fraught with its repetition. «Many say that perhaps we should forget everything that was less than a hundred years ago:» Well, there was residents during the Great Patriotic War, the Belarusian village — ed.) — there is a monument. And there are thousands of such monuments where our people were brutally killed. You can forget … Just do not forget, Belarusians, one thing: as soon as we forget the road to these monuments, as soon as the road to Khatyn becomes overgrown with khmyzny (bush — ed.), It will happen again, it will come to our homes again. As long as we remember, we live, «Lukashenko said, speaking on Friday in Minsk at the Symbol of Unity forum dedicated to the new state holiday — National Unity Day. The forum was broadcasted by the Belarus 1 TV channel. The President of Belarus also recalled» worldly wisdom «.» If we forget them (the dead — ed.), They will just forget us. Therefore, we must not allow this to happen. This is in our Slavic hearts and thoughts, «Lukashenko continued. He added that the country will never allow the heroes of war criminals,» murderers of the Belarusian people «during the Great Patriotic War.» They will forever remain in our historical memory. And there is nothing to do here for those who are dragging these criminals from oblivion, who are trying to subjugate, trample, tear our sovereign country apart, make it a part of the cordon sanitaire surrounding fraternal Russia, ”Lukashenka said.
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