Lukashenko: Belarus will not let anyone rewrite history

The president called today's event a significant and symbolic in the history of the country's Prosecutor's Office. “On the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day, we are presenting state awards and the banner of the Prosecutor's Office to people, who are responsible for ensuring security, law and order in our country,” the Belarusian leader said.

In his words, the Victory Hall of the Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, a symbol of the Belarusian statehood, was especially chosen for the ceremony. “Everything here is a reminder of the price we paid to preserve ourselves as a nation, our right to live on this land and rebuild our state. Being in this temple of mourning for the millions of victims and pride in the generation of victors, I have only one question. Has this experience not taught people anything?” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.

“It would seem that the memory of those terrible, relatively recent events is still fresh. After all, witnesses of Nazi atrocities are still among us. This national memory should have cooled down the ardor of individual politicians and figures. But what do we see? The number and scale of challenges and threats are not decreasing. As a result of inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic wars, people continue to die, and they die in masses,” the head of state said.

He stated that modern revanchists provoke new conflicts. “To justify themselves, they are trying hard to rewrite the history and take the Victory away from the Soviet people, and call the heirs of the people-victors, i.e. us, the aggressors,” he added.

“We cannot let it happen,” said the head of state.