MINSK, 19 July (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to give an interview to Sky News Arabia on 19 July, BelTA has learned.
Sky News Arabia is an Arabic 24-hour rolling news channel broadcast mainly in the Middle East and North Africa. The channel is broadcast to 50 million households via satellite and cable providers, the Internet and mobile applications. Sky News Arabia is headquartered in the Abu Dhabi Free Media Zone.
The channel's chief news editor, Imad El Atrache, will be the interviewer. Born in Lebanon, he previously worked for Italian state television, Al Jazeera and France 24. He has covered the fighting in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon and Syria, and has interviewed a number of prominent political and religious figures, including Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, President of the European Commission Romano Prodi.
