Without
people in epaulettes, we will not have a country. This was stated by Aleksandr
Lukashenko at a solemn event on the occasion of presenting state awards to
officers of the power bloc. The President emphasized that the situation around
the republic remains extremely tense and the main argument of Belarus in this
case is unity. Aleksandr Lukashenko presented general's epaulettes to the top
officers. The President presented the epaulettes of Major General to Andrei
Kravchenko, Mikhail Matrosov and Andrei Filatov.