A. Lukashenko at the opening ceremony of the International Arts Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk"

Aleksandr Lukashenko at the opening of the XXXIV International Arts Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" recalled the cultural genocide of the Belarusian people and urged to preserve traditions. The President noted that Belarusians know how fragile the world is. This year marks the 80^th anniversary of the Great Victory, and Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that Belarus remembers the cost of the war. "Therefore, our dear friends, friends of Belarus, I would like to address you first of all: take care of your historical memory, take care of traditions. They contain your future and ours. The future of your countries, of the whole world, beautiful in its cultural diversity", Aleksandr Lukashenko urged.