MINSK, 10 April (BelTA) – The government must pay attention to media outlets and support them, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with heads and journalists of the country's largest state-run mass media on 10 April, BelTA has learned.
“Mass media is a sacred thing. If the government can finance and support media, especially the electronic ones, it must do this. This is a task of national importance. When it comes to private media, we should make sure the owners of private media stick to their commitments,” the president noted.
In his words, mass media can both create a country and destroy it in a blink of an eye. “As statesmen, we must take care of our country. We will have no other state. The task of our generation is to strengthen our country and transfer it to our children,” the Belarusian leader noted.
Alexander Lukashenko urged the representatives of TV channels to keep improving the work in this field. He added he looks at this work at the professional standpoint based on his personal experience. “I watch a lot of channels and compare them between each other. I was keen on photography when I was a student. I even was in charge of a photo laboratory,” the president recalled.
“The quality has improved. We have good honest journalists. We have a basis for making good television content. You should work in such a way that people see and respect you. The television should be honest in order to reflect life,” Alexander Lukashenko summarized.
