MINSK, 10 December (BelTA) - Belarus is living through a difficult period of state formation, and this has to do with a change of generations, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at an official meeting in Belarusian National Technical University on the occasion of the university's 100th anniversary in Minsk on 10 December, BelTA learned.
"We are going through a very difficult and challenging period of formation of Belarus' statehood, independence and sovereignty. This is attributed primarily to the change of generations," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The president noted with regret that the generation of Belarusians who won freedom for the country and its people is dwindling. "We will always venerate and look up to these people," the head of state said. In his opinion, the foundation of the current Belarusian independence was forged during the Great Patriotic War.
“It is a tough period of generational change. It is always difficult, for example, in science and sports,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “I wish that the current generation will bring up a generation of patriots. Thus, when retiring we will be firmly convinced that the sovereignty and independence of our state are unshakable, that the independence we gained the hard way will be preserved. That we will never again be foreigners in our land, that our children and people who are yet to come feel themselves masters of this land. It's a tough lesson, a tough future that has already begun,” he added.
The president called on the older generation to do everything to ensure that young engineers always remain patriots, defend the sovereignty and independence of Belarus and under all circumstances are able to preserve the Belarusian state.
