VOLGOGRAD, 29 April (BelTA) – No one ever forbids wearing Saint George ribbons in Belarus. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during negotiations with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in the Russian city of Volgograd on 29 April, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko reminded that in addition to the Immortal Regiment campaign, which is practiced in Russia and uses Saint George ribbons as a symbol, young Belarusians have previously initiated the annual campaign Belarus Remembers. Both campaigns go hand in hand. “When you came up with the Immortal Regiment procession, we adopted the same practice in Belarus. But in addition to Saint George ribbons and the regiment procession young people [have come up with the campaign] Belarus Remembers. And no one ever forbids wearing Saint George ribbons,” the Belarusian leader stressed. “Although I’ve looked into its history. I advise you to ask historians to give you full information about Saint George ribbons. We don’t deny it. Although the history of this ribbon is peculiar after all.”
“I don’t see anything wrong with some people willing to wear Saint George ribbons. Some people want to wear symbols of the Belarus Remembers campaign. They walk together. Nobody separates anything over there. Well, some people had to be noisy about it,” Aleksandr Lukashenko added.
The Belarusian president advised his Russian colleague not to pay attention to individual negative statements about that. “We have absolutely the same ideas. You know our ideas. We know Russian ones. As I say, it is one Fatherland from Brest to Vladivostok,” the head of state said.
In turn, Vladimir Putin agreed that symbols can be slightly different but what stands behind these symbols is important.
“The essence,” Aleksandr Lukashenko backed him up.
“Our common history, our present, and our future stand behind these symbols. And we share it. Thank you very much for this stance,” Vladimir Putin said.
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