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. live news in the studio elizaveta lokotko. good afternoon in this issue. europe needs a new peace treaty. dialogue on faith and politics in the palace of independence. meeting of the president with the apostolic nuncio. the us wants to deploy new military bases in the pacific ocean. the us is developing ways to prepare for a possible clash with china. victories in the sprint race and the farewell to an olympic medalist from big-time sports. the belarusian summer biathlon championship in raubichi. details in a few minutes. europe needs a new peace treaty. the president said this during a meeting with the apostolic nuncio in the independence palace. minsk established diplomatic relations with the holy see more than 30 years ago. representatives regularly visit belarus.

the leadership of the roman curia, including at the level of the secretaries of state of the holy see. the dialogue is conducted not only on the topics of faith. today's conversation is no exception. the vatican has repeatedly and openly condemned the west's sanctions policy towards belarus, for which it has been criticized, but the throne has not changed its opinion. i am sure, despite certain limitations. in your position, they are always there. i know this well, since i myself send my ambassadors to foreign countries, you were still a decent person and, let's say, religious, so i am pleased to meet you, i remember with great warmth my meetings with the pope, i was lucky, all the leaders of the catholic church with whom i met were also very serious and orderly.

i am for everyone and i was very pleased, although it was not such an easy time when parulin was investing me, i was sent to africa first, i got into an accident, and he said, i will not send you there now, i will

send a small peaceful country, this was before covid, good, but then i was late, so i am grateful to you for... the decision for me to serve in this country, but you know, i looked every day not only at our church, but what happens in the country, when i came to the vatican every year, i met with the pope, and i said, and wrote of course, but when i walked in the door, he said, not bongiorno, not good afternoon, but as president lukashenko, i noticed that between you... there is a good relationship, which was created on important, good principles, precisely for this, and what i was asked, i always tried to answer, and that i was instructed to do in this country.

the roman catholic church, in our country, is the second denomination by the number of believers, 526 churches, 28 under construction. in addition to the services themselves, religious communities actively publish. this is an example for both europe and the whole world, what i saw here, i immediately emphasize this, for example, these are important values, family values, moral values, which we sometimes do not see in the west, you know, you see what kind of family is in the west, what kind is here, and how people pray here, i was

the victory of the stars of the world biathlon anna sola and anton smolsky finished the sprint races today as part of the belarusian summer biathlon championship. however , another notable event took place in raubichi - the farewell to professional sports of olympic champion irina leshchenko right now andrey kozlov is connecting with the studio together with the girl. andrey, you have the floor. yes, good afternoon studio, we are actually now going live with the news from such a solemn event. irina leshchenko officially ended her career today, this was announced earlier, but now the a bright beautiful ceremony, i think you and i won't sum it up here, i think you just want to thank the fans closest to us on our news, yes, who were there, of course, it was very nice when, well

, they came, supported us, the fans, i am very grateful to them, grateful, of course, for my family too. for the support of all the coaches who worked with me, of course, i can list them for a very long time, but from each i tried to take all the very best, all the most valuable, that was very many pleasant moments cool connected with the team, which really became a family for me, close people, because we spend so much time together, we even with our... thank you very much irina, we let our colleagues go, and we will continue a little more, we will show, firstly, that here on the alley of fame,

which is dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the olympic sports complex raobich, a tree appeared, which was planted here today by irina lechenko and, symbolically, in the company of the young belarusian beatlet elena kulak, the panorama will show all the details today maximum volume, thank you, andrey. the united states is preparing to deploy a network of military bases and airfields in the pacific ocean in case of a conflict with china. the concept is called flexible combat deployment. this was reported by the weekly defense news. according to its data, new american bases in the region can be located at local civilian airports or in the field. as the publication explains, the us air force leadership fears that in the event of an armed conflict with china, beijing could allegedly... that

the proposed measures are not fully capable eliminate such a threat. latvia is preparing to send 1,400 drones to ukraine, they are part of the largest batch of drones from latvian manufacturers, the total volume of which will amount to more than 2,700 units. a total of 4 million euros were spent on purchases. earlier. according to the minister of defense of the republic, a batch was delivered to ukraine: