MINSK, 10 April (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko explained why he considers Saint Petersburg his city in an interview with the Interstate TV and Radio Company Mir on 8 April, BelTA has learned.
"What could be compared to the suffering of Leningrad [during the siege at the Great Patriotic War]? Only the suffering of Belarus. That’s why we have this affinity with the people of Leningrad. I always bow my head before them. After the war, many specialists and scientists from Leningrad came to us to help rebuild Belarus. That’s why, when I visit Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), I feel that it is my city too. Belarus and Leningrad have a lot in common, including the experience during the years of that terrible invasion, terrible war. Very similar experience," the head of state said.
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