
MINSK, 20 June (BelTA) – A country is rich when it has smart, hard-working people, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to award graduates and teachers of higher education institutions, BelTA has learned.

After presenting the president's letters of commendation, Aleksandr Lukashenko addressed the graduates and teachers: “I thank you once again for everything you have done at this stage of your life. I thank our teachers for raising such a generation.”
