MINSK, 9 August (BelTA) – Representatives of modern state-run mass media turned out to be true warriors, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August, BelTA has learned.
The state has been developing its response strategy in extreme conditions, the president remarked. In his words, it was a good experience. It advanced Belarusian journalism, first of all, non-mainstream journalism, to a brand-new level.
The acute period for our country produced the heroes of our time - political observers, experts, analysts, bloggers who, in spite of real threats and risks, openly defended our state. Indeed, today representatives of modern mass media turned out to be true warriors. A word (we have experienced that) can bring discord to the society, destroy peace in the country. But it can also unite people in the fight for national values, first of all, for the preservation of these values, independence and sovereignty,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
