10 weaving traditions are among the elements of the intangible cultural heritage of belarus.

the usual life of the russians may seem truly exotic to others, good morning, friends, rooster, yes, we have it like that, good morning, and how is your rooster, crows, kikiriki, kikiriki, seriously, friends, any journey in an unfamiliar city should start in a museum, where you will be told how to build the right route. to see interesting places,

however, it is easy to become one of your own in a foreign country, you just need to get acquainted with its history culture, it's a five-hundred-year-old oak tree, wow, which can make a wish come true, 1, 2, 3, oh, well, amigus, i don't think i want to leave here, i would definitely stay. the natural wealth of belarus is incredibly rich, a lot of secrets can be found in the braslav region. there is a magical lake with an extraordinary name - god's voice. he got the name of the lake thanks to his reflections, which resemble voices. the lake has a shape.

in october 2023, krieger, on assignment from the sbu, conducted reconnaissance and photographed military equipment, the territory of a military unit, railway tracks loading and unloading platform near the railway station. spectacle near minsk. he sent the received data to the representative of the ukrainian special service. after that, the german planted explosives on the railway tracks of the zirishche station, reported to the curator and returned to the hotel in minsk. on october 5, at about midnight , an explosion occurred at the station before the arrival of a passenger train. as a result , the sleepers were destroyed, the rails were displaced, the railway track was damaged, the fastening on the crushed stone ballast formed a funnel. 6 on october 1, krieger was going to fly to baku, but was detained. krieger was found guilty under six articles of the criminal code of the republic of belarus for terrorism, agent activity, and mercenarism. he was sentenced to the extreme measure of punishment - death. krieger appealed to the belarusian president with a request for pardon, taking into account all the circumstances, and the head of belarus decided to pardon.

venezuelan president nicolas maduro won the presidential election, as stated by the chairman of the national electoral council elvis amoroz. on local national television, after counting 80% of the votes, maduro scored just over 51, and the candidate from the opposition united platform edmund gonzalez rutin 44.2%. at the same time, to win, the candidate only needs to get a simple, not an absolute majority. the turnout was 59%. belarusian leader alexander lukashenko congratulated nicolas madur on his victory in the presidential elections in venezuela. maduro said after the results were announced that his re-election. triumph of peace and stability, adding once again that the electoral the venezuelan system demonstrated transparency. the opposition did not recognize the election results. its leader, right-wing politician maria karina machada, who is prohibited from running for president, declared gonzález the elected

president by decisions of the comptroller general and the supreme court of the republic. against the backdrop of nicolas maduro's re-election, thousands of people took to the streets of caracas. mass clashes between protesting police officers are taking place in the capital of venezuela. the re-elected president. dura said that the actions of the protesters on the streets of the capital venezuelans are similar to the actions of the participants of the color revolutions, behind which stand the americans. the head of state noted that the protesters attacked law enforcement officers and were engaged in vandalism. according to maduro, approximately 80% of those detained already had problems. in an official statement, he acknowledged the death of the head of the politburo, placing responsibility for what happened on israel. the movement said that the attack occurred after haniyeh took part in the inauguration ceremony of the new president of iran. masoud pizeshkian. the iranian ministry of foreign affairs called the us government is complicit in the murder of ismail haniyeh. the main goal of the attack on the head of the hamas politburo is to increase instability in the middle east, tehran believes. iran has an inalienable right to respond appropriately to the murder of the head of the hamas politburo in

tehran. the islamic revolutionary guard corps reported that an investigation is currently underway into the incident. its results will be announced later. israel has not yet commented on the news of the death of the head. hamas. well, i will begin today's program with the following historical sketch. in the eighties of the xix century, when the european powers were gripped by the fever of colonial conquests, one of the guests of the german chancellor otto von bismarck, noticed that in his office there was no map of africa. bismarck led his guest to the map of europe. here is france, bismarck showed. here is russia, and between them we are. here is my map of africa. and for many years historians cited this episode as an example. of bismarck's pure national pragmatism, free from spotlighting and geopolitical fantasies. the ruling circles eventually convinced bismarck of the advisability of acquiring a colony on the black continent, which became one of the causes of the first world war. today, skeptics also ask: with so many unresolved problems in europe, should

the union state stretch itself like kolohari's klempopa? what skeptics do not understand, why africa is important for belarus and russia, will be discussed in today's program. i am glad to welcome to our. deputy of the house of representatives of the national assembly of belarus, general director of the national libraries of belarus, chairman of the board of the belarusian society of knowledge vadim frantsovich, how nice to introduce you, hello, hello, well, as per tradition, we begin our discussion with blitz questions, vadim frantsich, africa in the 21st century, still a continent of problems or a new engine of the world? economy? and a continent with problems, but with a very big prospect, if briefly? an excellent answer to a close question. yes, andrei viktorovich, please. africa is a colossal storehouse of resources, in this regard it is a springboard for future development of both the world economy and

national economies. vadim frantsevich, a new military alliance has emerged in west africa, which is called the confederation of sakhil states. what is its peculiarity in your opinion? there is a revision and limitation of the colonial legacy of france. for a long time there was such a term as françafrique. it originated during the collapse of the french colonial empire. the year of africa is the sixtieth year and approximately from the presidency of charlie degol. but this especially happened under valeriy skarde stein. there is such a theory. i think many of the viewers are familiar with it from the famous film sabelmando the professional. everyone remembers the music, but if you recall the plot, then this is it. typical francafrique, that is, having formally rejected the colony, not leaving the colony. let me remind you that

there is such a currency for fourteen countries, the cfa franc, they call it differently, but in reality its original name is the franc of the french colonies in africa, that is, a typical system of neocolonialism was preserved, i would say, it christomatian, and it began to happen that the french stopped coping with their leadership in the region, they were unable to ensure economic prosperity. what they promised, well, prosperity, you know, conditionally, at least some assistance, they were unable to ensure security, because in these countries, terrorist, separatist and often mixed with a political interpretation of islam, fundamentalist groups began to grow, they are very active there, armed conflicts broke out in these countries, as a result of these armed conflicts , a new young military-political elite came to the fore, which began to push aside the old... family ties and supported by france, plus a very large population growth, i remind you,

oligarchic, connected, well, with some countries that you show, well, in particular, we can talk about at least chad, malia, but i will speak in french, niger after all, these are countries that occupy first place in birth rate, in total, in the total fertility rate, these are countries with the highest the number of babies that are born with very fast, rapid growth. population, plus the french began to take measures to limit immigration from these countries, all this together led to the growth of problems of the crisis of this concept of franz-africa it has already been buried, it is believed that macronism is the end of this concept and the russian federation has entered this ground quite successfully, because to talk about these political changes now, at least in western and central africa without analyzing the russian factor, but not i have to, i agree with you, here...

africa, which was previously under the strong influence of france, which did whatever it wanted there, if necessary. it was necessary to eliminate some leader who did not fit into the management model, they eliminated the leader, all this was preserved literally until recent years, the russian federation has completely different approaches in interaction with africa, of course, of course, now these countries have an opportunity to get an alternative. that is, to oust the french, who, by and large, have remained on level of non-colonial governance of these

territories, so they promoted only their own interests, to enlist the support of some other major center of power, well , such a center of power turned out to be the russian federation, which first spread its activity in mali, and then in the rest of the countries, and this, of course, is a very strong blow to... france, first of all, because the economy of france, the energy of france is nuclear energy, france is very dependent on uranium supplies, most of the uranium that was supplied to france was mined precisely in uranium mines on the border of mali and niger. and tell me please, andrei viktorovich, can we trace the connection between france's flight from africa and the rather aggressive rhetoric that has appeared recently in relation to the russian federation of the entire

soviet state. no, well , there is certainly a connection, these are interrelated factors. among other things, flight can be disguised in different ways. there is a saying: exhausting the enemy by running. this is what flight is. they were forced out of there because they they were not ready for the emergence of another major player, relaxed by and large, and there is also a lack of foresight, everything in a complex. but this does not mean that they do not have the strength to continue this game, they will gather their strength, in general, we still have some work to do with them. vadim frantsovich, please tell me, could there be some kind of agreement in the future, and a certain exchange, africa, ukraine, some kind of specific relationship, that is, the sphere of interests is obvious, we are talking about a model that in in general, something is open and something is closed, donald trump suggests, this is the so-called big deal, a big deal on the division of spheres

of influence, what, by the way, medvedev, dmitry anatolyevich, the future president after the five-day war. in south ossetia formulated there the principles of dividing the world into zones of responsibility, they often talk about this, how realistic is this, we need to see whether we can trust the west, definitely not, whether it will fulfill its obligations, of course not, in this regard, and what, in fact, is there to exchange, russia will leave west africa and will france come there, no, the united states and china will come there, that is, the current rather conditional confrontation between russia and africa. because, well , such an open clash is not happening there, as for example was in chad at one time, africa openly clashed there with muammar gaddafi, let's say, yes, then here there is no open clash, in this regard, what is there to talk about. in addition, i would say to you, let's move on to the critical part, that we should not overestimate russia's opportunities now in africa,

because if we compare trade turnover, if we compare investment opportunities of russia. it is inferior not only to china, the european union, and france is not one country, it is the european union, in a number of positions they act together, it is inferior too, it is inferior to the united states, inferior to turkey, that is, russia as an external economic partner of the major players, it is not even the third, it is the fourth, approximately, in addition, to a large extent, russia's influence is based on the military factor, supplies weapons, instructors, what was needed there, in this sense. russia, well-known pmc wagner in its time, now other groups, replaced those very french mercenaries, well, there was the famous bob denard, who became a symbol of an entire generation in politics, who simply overthrew the president, he himself could govern entire countries, let's pay attention to the map of russia's military presence in africa, vadim frantsovich, i apologize for interrupting you, yes, please, very timely, yes, well,

look, it all started, conditionally say, this is from the central african republic, it was such a first. entry, the formation of permanent bases, a very difficult situation, but the tsar is one of the classic countries of influence of france, where that very foreign legion could overthrow anyone, then the emperor bakasa, famous, one of the most brutal stories of africa, for some reason the soviet union was blamed for it, it had nothing to do with it at all, it was all done by the french, the same valery zheskara organized an absolutely cringe-worthy operetta coronation in his time, that's for all of this was brewing serious problems there, the growth of islamism. tribalism, what is tribalism? this is one of the main problems, when political groups, they can be called some socialist liberation front or national movement, in reality these are supporters of a or there members of one group, one clan, one tribe, who unite under some loud name, and often have nothing to do with this ideology at all, here is a classic example - this is the king, france

absolutely failed to cope with the settlement conflict, moreover, tried to play, russia entered successfully, i will speak briefly and... russia's influence in the tsar is very large, large, if you like, initially it was one of the main bases of the same pmc wagner. yes, the events in mali, in burkina faso in nigeria. here burkina faso is an interesting example, because the west often accuses russia that in order to organize its military bases, it artificially changes the situation, these are some kind of top-level events, nothing like that. burkina faso is an anti-colonialist movement - this is initially the upper volta. what is upper volta? this is a classic christomathic example of french colonialism and neocolonialism e after the formal withdrawal of france, so burkina faso literally is the homeland of worthy people, there is a revolution, as they call it, and in many ways it was so, a military revolution, without any interference from the soviet union, caused by absolutely internal processes, it happened back in the eighties, since the eighties there have been replacing each other in

the course of the internal struggle of the struggle generations of these military leaders have been changing, who periodically replaced by civil ones, that is... we sometimes should not overestimate external influence, understand that a whole series of changes are taking place inside africa, this is what we were talking about, population growth, this is the emancipation of elites, the growth of the number of literate people, the manifestation of the intelligentsia, the formation of our own bourgeoisie, these are the classical, if you like, marxist definitions, they are very suitable, west african societies are changing, and france simply either ignored this, or could not cope, why, for example, france now... definitely lost completely, it can still fight, it tried to conduct two military operations to fight islamists, well, and even more, but the main one is serval barkhan, all these operations failed. they didn't talk about it loudly, it suffered a military defeat, it didn't realize the goals it declared to local governments, and the russian military presence turned out to be

effective, russia could have helped the central governments or those that came to power as a result of military coups, but they call them revolutions, russia was able not only to ensure their stability, but also effective confrontation, as happened in niger with the americans, even with the american military base, to ensure their... the union raises the question: are those african countries ready to see representatives of the united states of america and france on their territory again. that is, here, first of all, it is worth asking them about this. we recalled the creation of the confederation of the alliance of sahel states, and the countries decided to take another step towards greater integration. the integration is based on not only the issue of security, but also the opposition of the former metropolitan france, and more broadly the hegemon in the person of the united states. we will not only recall this in more detail. plot. niger, mali and burkina faso. political chaos has engulfed these african countries in the past few years. in 2021, the junta took control

of the country in male. in burkina faso, power passed to the military in 2022. following two coups, the military overthrew the president in niger in 2023. the soldiers who seized power agreed to fight the jihadists together. this threat also played a role role in military coups and led to regime change in these three west african states, all of which border each other and are among the poorest not only in africa but in the world. previously, the countries were part of the economic community of west african states, but they did not support the leaders who came to power and imposed sanctions. in september last year, the countries created the sahel states alliance. at that time, its main goal was to jointly fight terrorism. now, the states have formed the confederation of the sahel states, in order to take another step towards greater integration, they signed a corresponding agreement. this. happened following the summit held in neame, in which the leaders of the three countries took part. there is not much information about the new african union yet, but various joint projects are known that

will affect a wide range of areas, and the alliance will also have to introduce a common financial unit. during the first year , mali will chair the union. and i think it is worth inviting french political analyst nicolas to our discussion merkovich. mr. merkovich. a significant decline in french influence in africa was one of the results of macron's presidency. what is the reason for this failure, a personal mistake by macron and his team or a general weakening of france in the international arena? well, i think that this is not a new story, it has been going on for quite a long time. macron pursued the same policy in africa as his predecessors.

and of course, russia has helped these countries solve their problems more and a new generation of politicians will grow up to get rid of western hegemony. i think that russia respects the interests of african people more than the west did. and invests more in ensuring their prosperity. the second point

of your question.

europe will not be able to go back to africa and pursue the same policy that it has pursued since the end of colonization. they will not be able to simply go back to africa and say: well, we will continue the same way as we ended. and if we are talking about such an exchange, we need to understand what kind of...

in general, indeed, both the french and other europeans, and even the americans see that the architecture in africa is changing, that is, with the arrival of russia, the balances are changing there, and what previously seemed unshakable, the french neocolonial power, it is stepping aside, it is difficult to say what will replace it, because the elites, well , really, the african continent is changing

very much... there is a lot of demographics and other things, the elites are also getting younger, but their old habits remain, in this regard, there is always a risk that these young elites kicked out the french at the same time and the americans who came to hand from the base in nigeria, including in order to then launch them, but with a completely different target price, in this regard, we must understand that african politics is very complex and multifaceted, and those very regimes with which we are building relationships, they are playing their own game , they are not pursuing our interests, they are pursuing strictly their own interests. well, i think it is worth hearing the rather vivid statement of the belarusian leader alexander lukashenko that the countries of africa and latin america have had their fill of colonialism from the leading

countries. let's hear direct speech. so far, little attention is paid to dialogue at the level of the union with the african continent, africa, like latin america, has had its fill of colonialism from...

although the head of state has constantly pointed out the need to develop relations with countries that we call tropical africa, because africa is very large, there is north africa, the maghreb is arab africa, there is african rock, there is, well, like tropical africa, to the south, southern, central, there are different typologies of the african continent, but we are talking about the classical understanding africa as tropical, and our successes in this area are associated with the name of the authoritative statesman viktor vladimirovich sheiman. who for many years was responsible specifically for cooperation, for example with zimbabwe, where we really made serious progress in cooperation in the field of mineral extraction, you say the figures are closed, but no, unfortunately,

our trade turnover with most african countries is, to put it mildly, small, and in a number of positions it is practically non-existent, however, the latest efforts of the head of state to turn around are not only to the east, but to the south, since we are talking about the global south, in particular the president’s big tour of african countries, it brings results, i would define here the strategy for the development of belarus in this, the development of our foreign policy in this direction, we choose one or two countries as entry points, this is practically everywhere, so the president again, appointing the minister of foreign affairs maxim vladimirov rozhenkov , spoke about this, that is, all over the planet, we determine the countries, the ministry of foreign affairs acts with which we closely cooperate, the ministry of foreign affairs acts as headquarters. the most important areas are assigned to responsible senior officials or simply high-ranking managers, for example, for russia - this is dmitry krutoy, the current head of the administration, for china - first deputy prime minister nikolai snabkov, well , traditionally for africa, part of latin

america, for a long time was responsible, viktor sheiman, the embassy works very effectively to promote primarily economic interests, we now have such entry points in africa, these are south africa, zimbabwe and equatorial guinea, this is very... successful the chosen direction, far, though not all of these countries show high economic indicators, but there are political regimes friendly to us, this must be taken into account the political situation, because if we talk about growth rates, then angola with its oil fields, let's say in the countries of the horn of africa, this is ethiopia, they are developing quite quickly, though in african countries there is such a nuance, the dynamically growing population seems to eat up this economic growth when calculated per capita, but nevertheless money in africa.

representatives of the same angola, ethiopia, where there are either people of an advanced

age who studied in the ussr, or their children who still retain love for the soviet union because their parents studied, that is, we should not neglect this, this is money, this is influence, this is the authority of our country, but behind the economy. we must see the political component, this is support in the international arena, when voting in international organizations, opposing sanctions, this is all that makes the african continent very attractive to us, but if...

the state visit of the president of belarus to zimbabwe last year. during the 3-day visit

, the countries managed to find new growth points in relations between the countries, outline promising projects, and conclude mutually beneficial contracts. today, it is clear how effective the strategy for expanding cooperation with distant countries turned out to be. and the belarusian leader outlined it long before the current geopolitical storm. belarus is a desirable partner for africa, it will not let us down, it will not deceive and will not leave with anything. the west is ready to squeeze everything out of the state, belarus is capable of enriching, not forgetting, of course, about its own benefit, on the african continent they have long known and appreciated products with the brand made in belarus and, above all, equipment. mtz, gomsilmash have been exporting their tractors and combines to africa since soviet times, the demand for belarusian products is not decreasing. this is confirmed in equatorial guinea, where the head of the belarusian state flew in december last year. in the city of malaba , the presidents signed a roadmap for development of cooperation between the republic of belarus and... the republic of equatorial guinea. in kenya, which the president of belarus also

visited at the end of last year, minsk's attention is also appreciated. the head of the host country warmly welcomed alexander lukashenko. the leaders held talks, discussed economic cooperation, and agreed on the need to intensify contacts between belarus and kenya. minsk is interested in seriously strengthening cooperation with nairobi in a wide range of areas, primarily in trade and investment spheres, - noted alexander lukashenko. speaking about his visits. countries far from his homeland, the head of belarus said directly: the time has come for africa, as the belarusian leader rightly noted, we must be closer to each other. and andrei viktorovich, with your permission, let us pay attention to the words of the former pentagon analyst and retired us air force lentedant karen kvitkovsky. the withdrawal of american troops from niger and chad indicates that the era of neocolonialism under the auspices of the united states is coming to an end. here we are talking about a successful work of belarus, the russian federation.

with the fact that russia and belarus now play a serious role in africa, because the territories where they felt free or almost free, with the support of the french, will now be closed to them, in this regard, the united states will certainly deploy there a whole front of resistance to the expansion of the influence of both the republic of belarus and the russian federation, this is absolutely certain, will this be expressed in a military vein, probably unlikely, because the americans never, well in those cases when

there is such a possibility, they never act directly with their own hands, they always act with others, in this regard they have the french with macron, for whom this issue, precisely the loss of influence in the belt of tropical africa is extremely acute, that's because if macron gives this territory under the influence of russian... independence, so for macron, inaction now, even covered up by populism, is exactly a stake in the back, that's because if france now loses its uranium reserves, where will it get this uranium, all the energy of france will stop, that's

in this regard, the americans will definitely set on, well, firstly, all the neocolonialists whom russia and belarus have been pushing back, secondly, there are extremist terrorist islamist groups operating there, which are not entirely independent, which have long-standing ties with american intelligence services, this is the second tool that can be activated if necessary, in this regard, the americans are not picky about the means, apparently they will use both. well, let me remind you, the sas program is on the air authorized to declare the union state is strengthening in africa, the topic of our program, we continue our discussion, i am glad to welcome in our studio, russian expert, acting director of the center for african studies, we have gemo,

maya nikolskaya is in touch with us. maya, maya viktorovna, i greet you, good afternoon, nadezhda. maya viktorovna, russia is rapidly increasing its influence in africa, perhaps there has never been such an intensity of contacts at the highest political level, and at the same time i had to deal with the opinion that economic ties are noticeably lagging behind. this is even evident from the shortage of flights from russia to african countries. do you think that moscow is making a mistake, the weak involvement of business, but nevertheless, as they say , moscow was not built in a day, probably after such a respite, a big, such a long break of almost 30 years in... intensifying its presence on the russian continent is not so easy, nevertheless, big steps are already being taken in this direction, there are such structures as the russian export center, for example, moscow export center, which is engaged in helping russian business to find its place in the sun in

the literal sense of the word, yes on this sunny continent, and this concerns not only our large russian companies, but also small medium-sized businesses, which are also... interested in promoting their products, therefore there are such types of services, yes goods, which, for example, do not require direct flights, direct air traffic, this concerns various it solutions, technologies, because russia in africa is considered in many countries, first of all, in the role of such a supplier, an exporter of technologies, including for food security, for energy security, and all those structures that now exist, and are being created, including new ones, they are engaged in helping to establish contacts, yes , we have had such a very developed institution of trade missions for a long time, since soviet times, now their number will increase, there is the agricultural etache, which are directly involved in the agro-industrial complex on

the african continent, so i think that in the coming years we will see an increase in investment goods, yes? trade and investment relations, first of all, this will not happen immediately, but as africans also discover russian business, and trust grows, because here, indeed , a lot depends on the system, it is important that this strategy, which is used by many tncs, including western ones, yes, first of all, squeeze out to run, that it's called, in quotes, strategy, um, we still approach this topic differently, we are set on long-term cooperation, and there will be such a cumulative effect, that is, the longer our business our companies are present in africa, the more, on the one hand, our trust in the african continent grows, that it is a safe environment, yes, if you lay down some straw for yourself and

insure all risks to the maximum, on the other hand, african partners and african consumers are growing confident that - russia has come here for a long time and is going to trade, is going to invest in the development of african countries, so i think everything will be fine. yes, you know, grab and run is a popular tactic for building relationships between western countries. but my last question: china has invested billions in various african countries over the past decades, but at the same time , no beijing-oriented association of countries has emerged on the continent, why hasn’t china created its own analogue of a confederation. states in the sahel, as the russian federation managed to do in a short time? you know, i wouldn’t began to say that russia is, after all, behind the unification of states, the sahel, this confederation. pact, first of all, then plans appeared to form some kind of

political union, well, in fact, there is such a concept, yes, which is now being promoted by such an africanist, the outstanding russian denis dekterev, who claims that there are things, yes, that african states cannot do alone, and for this they need some kind of unification of forces, this is quite consistent with the concept, for example, of ujama... african african socialism, which tanzania built at one time, yes, so the idea that underlies this concept is that what you cannot do alone, you can do with the help of your neighbors, this is the same thing we are now seeing at the regional level, and we see, in general, this is part of a trend, i would say, which affects the countries of the global south and the global east in general, when states unite to solve some specific goals, maybe even a situational coalition. in this case, we see that here countries are united by a certain common idea about strengthening their own sovereignty, about

in some way opposing something to ecovaz, yes, which in recent years, in general, has proven itself as, in part, yes, a proxy for such a force in the hands of foreign powers, therefore, here, probably, there is nothing surprising in the fact that such states are aimed at... strengthening their sovereignty, as if collective, yes, if they cannot do it at the individual national level, well, and russia, since it is a fundamental partner, and these states, naturally , support this association, as for china, you know, china has never been interested in scaling up some of its installations, its convictions on the african continent, this has always played into its... in many ways, because these were mainly investment cooperation projects, you and i understand perfectly well

that it is thanks to chinese capital that many railways, for example, routes have been built, which now there are a large number of highways in african countries, including there in angola, for example, in the east of the continent in tanzania in kenya, in general it really was such cooperation, partnership and... nigeria and zimbabwe, representatives of business circles of these countries visited belarus, but i want to hear key statements, let's comment on them, yes, please.

remember the experience of zimbabwe south africa play a big role in domestic politics and the fact that belarus uses this institution is very important, this indicates an understanding of domestic political processes that are happening in these countries, but if we speak in general, we see that belarus has come to africa seriously for a long time, nigeria, we have talked little about it today, it is a very rich country with a very large population, with very big internal problems, unfortunately, which the west has been using throughout its entire history of independent existence, more precisely nigeria, belarus has been present there for a long time, but unfortunately not very actively, and we see

systematic work to increase these efforts, these are not only visits by heads of state. arst, this is ministers, this is the work of the first ladies, i would like to draw attention to how the visit of alexander lukashenko or his colleagues to the african continent is being prepared, the advance group that goes out is not some protocol group, as we are used to, but there is a whole delegation of ministers working out specific directions, agreements, arrangements, when the president arrives, sometimes several dozen sign these agreements, both by the heads of state themselves, and by ministers or heads of individual enterprises or universities. this is the systemic work, the organizing role of the ministry of foreign affairs, i am sure that it will bring results. yes, and i propose that at the end of our program we hear a direct speech by alexander lukashenko about the prospects for cooperation, as well as the goals of cooperation. please. there are requests that we work in the south african republic, a developed, not poor country,

an advanced country. and to what we have in equatorial guinea, nigeria, then in the east, kenya, in the south zimbabwe, mozambique, here is another south african republic, where they are waiting for us, there is no need to spread out all over continents, we don't have the kind of economy to engage in globalism, we need to decide at each point what we will do, do it. andrei vktorovich, i think you agree that both belarus and the russian federation have come to africa. is one of the priorities for both but certainly the african direction of the republic of belarus and the russian federation, it is promising first of all, because there are changes there, and colossal shifts, which will not be limited to the formation of some

unions, there will probably be changes in border, which with... time spent, when the period of colonialism ended on a ruler, and only then, many, many years later, it suddenly turned out that there are a huge amount of resources on the territory of africa, and this distribution of these resources, these borders are generally unfairly divided, that is why africa will develop very strongly, now is the ideal moment to enter this continent, well, firstly, on a low base. which practically all the economies of african countries have, extending a helping hand to them, this is firstly, and secondly, for our countries , first of all for the republic of belarus, reaching such a global scale of foreign policy, this is the level of a state that really takes part in the formation of a multipolar world, but this is

also a factor that puts all our opponents not... ill-wishers in a state of complete uncertainty, because each time with their actions, the actions of alexander grigorievich become unexpected for the collective west. thank you very much, vadim frantsevich, the stake on africa is absolutely correct, and indeed, the african continent is now experiencing a period of growth, serious changes, and those countries that at this moment will be next to the african peoples will certainly enter the future. much stronger, and the fact that we do not impose anything on africa, but offer friendship, cooperation, this is the key to our successful development, joint, grateful to the participants for the most interesting discussion, we will conclude our discussion with this: probably few know, that according to researchers, the richest man in human history was an african, a dark-skinned ruler of the medieval state of mali, west

africa, and mansa musa, and thanks to gold mining and active transit... trade in the middle of the 10th century, the wealth of the ruler of mali was at least 400 billion dollars, in modern prices. africa is now incredibly rich, it has simply been robbed for too long, those whom we are accustomed to consider the golden billion, the beautiful architecture of brussels, london, paris, to no small extent reflect this robbery, it will be different from now on, the contribution of belarus to russia in this liberation from put-colonialist exploitation is difficult to overestimate. thank you, this was the program of the saz authorized to declare. the union state successfully displaces the former european colonizers from africa. each of their days begins with inspiration. and we, when you get up early, just as the sun comes out from behind the village

of polyatich, just breaks away.

traveling is not only getting to know history and sights. hello! what a meeting, hello, there we saw a small ice-cream of bees, a window, well , now please, find where they live here in our premises, here are 1, 2, 3, 4, five, and now find living ones, except for me, traveling is an opportunity to try something new and, of course, to join the unique folk art. belarusian smiles, well , children on stage - it is always something about

sincerity, and about a smile, about light and purity, it is incredible, i actually remember when i was a child and performed on stage, what stress i experienced, snowfall, snowfall, the route is built on the tv channel belarus 24.