MINSK, 29 January (BelTA) - People of my generation wanted, first of all, to give their children the things they were deprived of themselves in their childhood, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Belarusian students on 29 January, BelTA has learned.
The head of state stressed that his attitude towards the youth would never change, as it is a very personal matter. “Building the sovereign Belarus virtually from scratch, I can say that I have raised a new generation of yours, too. When someone says that our youth is bad, or good, or something else, I say: “It is what it is, we have raised them, and I have no one to blame.” All the flaws, faults and so on, the pluses and minuses are all mine. I bear this responsibility. And not only for your fate, but also for the fate of the future generations of Belarusians,” the president said.
“Looking at you, we, your parents and I, are looking at the future. I would even say that we are looking at the future that at some point you will continue to build without us,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “People of my generation dreamed, first of all, of giving their children the things we themselves were deprived of: more comfortable life and more opportunities for development. From that point of view you have everything."
According to the president, young people will decide for themselves how to live further but the older generation will not let break what have been developed in Belarus over the past quarter of the century. The head of state added that this is not a conflict of generations, but “normal development, the basis of the whole development”.
Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out that Belarus has well-developed education and healthcare. The export of services testifies to the fact. The president stated that the country does not prevent young people from getting education abroad, as they come back with certain knowledge. “Those who went to study abroad to disoblige the state - stay there. I know (and saw it at the end of last year) who is being trained there,” the president said.
