MINSK, 31 December (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has send New Year greetings to foreign leaders, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
Greetings were sent to the leadership of the Russian Federation, the leaders of the CIS countries, the heads of other countries in various regions of the world, and the heads of international organizations.
Aleksandr Lukashenko sent congratulatory greetings to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian President Armen Sargsyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Moldova President Maia Sandu, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Kyrgyzstan President of Sadyr Japarov and Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili.
The New Year greetings were also sent to China's President Xi Jinping, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egypt President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, India's President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister of this country Narendra Modi, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Hungary President Janos Ader, Israel President Yitzhak Herzog, Bulgaria President Rumen Radev, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro, Cuba President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Indonesia President Joko Widodo and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The New Year greetings were also sent to Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, King Philippe of the Belgians, King Felipe VI of Spain, Emperor Naruhito of Japan, King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain and Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces of the Kingdom of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and his deputy Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani, Emir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of Oman, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta Marco Luzzago, King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand and King Abdullah II of Jordan.
On behalf of the Belarusian leader, the New Year wishes were sent to religious figures and community leaders, including Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill, Pope Francis, Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church Karekin II.
In addition to that, Aleksandr Lukashenko wished Happy New Year to heads of international and regional organizations, including UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Vladimir Norov, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich and Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas.
The Belarusian head of state also receives many New Year greetings from foreign leaders and heads of international organizations and other famous people. The greetings have already been received from the presidents of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Egypt, Serbia, the UAE, India, Syria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Vietnam, Palestine, Rwanda, the Philippines and Mongolia.
The Belarusian president received congratulations from senior officials of international organizations, including the EAEU, the CSTO, the CIS and the International Monetary Fund.
New Year wishes for the Belarusian president keep coming.
