Every period of our history needs to be evaluated from the point of view of national priorities and interests

Every period of Belarus' history needs to be evaluated from the point of view of national priorities and interests, BelTA learned from Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Lutsky.

Igor Lutsky said: “It is necessary to treat history with care. And every period of our history needs to be understood from the point of view of national priorities and interests. Instead of looking around we have to follow our own road.”

The official stressed that Belarusians are getting smarter and disinformation has an ever diminishing chance of affecting the Belarusian society. “We've started working with young people, with the younger generation. We try not to miss any target audience in an effort to explain the state position. And everything that is good for the state is good for every person. Everything that is good for the person is good for sovereignty.”

A national research to practice conference on the state policy in the field of history, on problems and prospects of preserving the historic truth and memory took place in Minsk on 14 September. Representatives of central government agencies, the parliament, the oblast administrations and the Minsk city administration, higher education institutions, scientific circles and the expert community, representatives of museums, archives, leading public associations, and mass media took part in it. The conference's plenary session took place at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. It was followed by panel sessions.

The panel session on informational and ideological support for the realization of the state historic policy was organized at premises of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus. The panel session focused on improving the informational and propaganda support for the realization of the state historic policy; protection of the historic truth and memory in the information sphere; popularization of historic knowledge; the role of civil society institutions in the realization of the state historic policy.