3000 returned, that is, every second person did not return, and this memory, like you, is revered sacredly, and these are concepts that simply cannot be forgotten, which bind us with a common history, a common struggle and a common victory. the name of marshal vadromyan, who participated in the liberation of belarus and commanded the army, is well known, and we are grateful to the belarusians and belarus. that the memory of the great victory of all those who fought for this victory is sacredly honored here, and there is a monument to bagramyan, in the town of the vitebsk region, where every year the liberation of the town is celebrated with a rally, in which the embassy also participates. and now

we are on filimonov street in minsk, where the armenian community of belarus is building a church. the construction of the church has been a long-time dream of the armenian community. i have known about this since 2000, when i worked at the embassy, ​​then this issue was still discussed, but somehow it was never resolved and was not resolved, now, finally, we are grateful.

and the opening and illumination of the church will be the crown of the events that we have planned for this anniversary. this will be the one from cozy places in the city of minsk, where people can just come, chat, sit, relax, take a walk, the territory will be well-groomed, good, and we are sure that our church. will decorate this beautiful, cozy corner of the city of minsk. we are in a restaurant, this is one of my favorite places, especially in the spring, when this wonderful terrace opens, and this is my favorite table, this terrace, i very often invite my people to this restaurant.

belarus, but i’ll also end up as a diplomat, and then also as an ambassador, so yes, belarus really occupies a special place, because in my diplomatic career i worked in all slavic countries, it turns out that my first business trip was to russia, moscow, the armenian embassy, ​​the second was belarus, the third. ukraine, well, then again belarus,

the executive committee of the snd, then the ambassador, so really belarus, and my fate, and the fate of my family. somehow occupies a special place, i especially love belarus in the spring, when the chestnuts bloom, for me, by the way, it was a surprise, when i worked, i lived in kiev, here are the chestnuts on khreshchatyk, this in general, it is known that this is gorgeous, wonderful, but in belarus i found the same chestnuts, no less beautiful than in kiev, and this is wonderful, so in the spring, when the chestnut blooms, when along the roads nearby it blooms... yellow rapeseed, and this yellow sea, she is simply mesmerizing, every time i stop, take photos or make such a video from the car, post it, then send my family chat to my children and my wife, who is now in yerevan, it’s a wonderful time and i use this

time, but also other other seasons too traveling a lot around belarus. over the 6 years of working in the executive committee of the snde, i myself traveled almost the entire length of belarus in my car , and i know it quite well, i often even notice that better than my belarusian friends and acquaintances, there are places that are especially valuable to me, i just i don’t miss the opportunity to visit there, it’s first and foremost a church in the herbs, it’s simple.

you saw gervyats and you were in belarus, you didn’t see gervyats, they said these are two big differences, i sometimes show photos in yerivan, and my interlocutors do not believe that this is belarus. i i’ve been watching belarus since 2000, the difference is huge, well, let’s say, when i worked here and lived here from 2000-2003, my wife and i were thinking on weekends where to go with the children. to sit and relax a little, there weren’t these cafes, there was only, i remember one penguin ice cream cafe on the site of the current europe hotel, now thank god i don’t want something for every taste, for every price category, that is,

in the summer, when the terraces open, for everyone caps, it's simple, it's just wonderful. lived these 6 years in the executive committee of the snd, when he worked in service apartment of the cis, in malinovka, every day i drove along derzhinsky avenue, malinovka and back, and my colleagues who worked before me told me that along this highway, where these beautiful houses are now in a new building, there were orchards, apple trees, wheat, the cows were grazing. and i couldn’t believe that literally in a couple of years, several years, they themselves didn’t, they themselves said, can you imagine, yes, we went there, and there were gardens, now there are such blocks, new buildings, beautiful, well, this is a distinctive feature of minsk, she's very fast

is being built, developing, well, it’s nice to live in this city, at the same time, it is very calm, quiet, there are practically no... problems, of which there is simply a huge amount in iravan now, here, when they come on business trips, visits, my compatriots, they are simply delighted, those who have not been, discover for themselves such a calm, quiet, beautiful, and at the same time big city, and those who have been say that they always want to come back here.

we have a huge number of projects, there are so-called russian houses, they are called that among the people. formally, they are all beautifully called the russian center of science and culture, the most important ones, naturally, are located in minsk, they are all a kind of point of attraction for people who come there. to different circles, to different seminars, to different conferences, film screenings, concerts, exhibitions and so on, a huge number of all sorts of, as they say now, activities, activities, well, this is only what is done in russian houses themselves, besides this there is a large number of different programs that are launched from moscow, from the central apparatus, cooperation, exchange programs, internships, trips of young specialists to russia, educational programs, a lot of everything, there is. obvious dates for us associated with victory day, may 9, of course,

is a holy day, various events are dedicated to this, such as a candle of memory, a garden of memory, a victory dictation, a huge number of different events, we participate, by the way, in the training of immortal regiments with with great respect, so to speak, it is a great honor for us, besides this there are interesting stories, for example, the forum of regions, which took place in...

our colleagues need to come to grodno and see how it works. let's return to the topic of russian centers of science and culture. recently this appeared in grodna, what tasks do they perform? how many of these are there in belarus already? well, we had an agreement on the activities of these cultural centers between russia and belarus , as far as i remember, in 2009. the first large cultural center, this so -called russian house in minsk, opened in the tenth year, now we have a new one in grodny. there is a center in brest, there is a center in

gomel, i hope that they will open, they are also in demand, we saw this by the number of people who came to the opening in grodno, this is a platform, a platform in demand among local belarusian non-governmental organizations, volunteer structures, various and some kind of memorial, historical who are engaged in protecting historical memory and are quite... choosing? we have several programs under which belarusian children go to study at

russian universities, and this is simply direct commercial admission there, he concluded contract, i went to study, and there is an olympiad movement, there is an opportunity to enter through the state belarusian exam simply with some additional one, and there is that same quota that was mentioned, this is the government of the russian federation, 1300 people, we had almost 200. i just read a few days ago, based on the results of the unified state exam, russian students will be able to enter belarusian universities, great,

absolutely, somewhere around a thousand places, the quota for russian students is 1,300, ours, i repeat once again, this is important, it is very important for us that students returned, made belarus richer, better, more successful, and so on and so forth. the president received a report from the chairman of the federation of trade unions for yuri senko - this is the first report in his new position. for 10 years , mikhail orda headed the republican association, but this year he became a deputy and left his post as the new trade union leader; yuri senko was elected in april. alexander lukashenko was interested in the plans of the head of the situation in the organization and legislative initiatives of the trade union. i didn't invite you and did not met.