we continue the information broadcast at this moment in the national press center a press conference begins dedicated to the republican action marathon of unity, which was launched by the head of state on september 17. all the details of the preparation and holding of a significant large-scale event. right now to your

attention, unity, i am pleased to introduce our guests, participants of today's press conference. natalia nikolaevna eysmand, press secretary of the president of the republic of belarus. minister of culture of belarus anatoly micheslaevich markevich deputy minister of education of the republic of belarus ekaterina aleksandrovna petrutskaya head of the working group for the preparation of the unity marathon campaign anna sergeevna lukashenko. guzel and general

director of the national library of belarus, chairman of the board of the republican state public association of the belarusian society of knowledge, deputy of the house of representatives of the national assembly of the republic of belarus, vladim fransevich gigin. so, dear colleagues, we have been working for one hour and before we begin directly to the press conference, i would like to draw your attention to the fact that... at the ceremonial event for the day of national unity on september 17, the president of the republic of belarus alexander grigorievich lukashenko announced the start of the republican social and cultural action marathon of unity and today our participants, members of the working group of the organizing committee , will tell you in more detail about the preparation for holding this action. considering that we are working today in a not quite standard format, i draw your attention to the work. in the question-answer format, at

us today - the first information channel is broadcasting our press conference live. given these circumstances, i would like to ask you to start our press conference with the first question. first information channel. thank you. yulia alferova, first information channel. and my question is of the following nature. we know that the upcoming unity marathon, it is the culmination of a great deal of creative work that has unfolded throughout the country since the beginning of this year, is now receiving such a powerful continuation in the form of a marathon and we also know, that this whole movement is an initiative of the head of state, so in this regard i would like to know the details, the question, i suppose natalya nikolaevna, yes please, the green key on the remote control, the little green one, yes i ask you, yes, good afternoon once again, you know, well, a lot has been said and told about this in the media, but still i will remind you

of the background of this issue, and the concert on september 17, and the upcoming unity marathon, this is of course a large-scale, big job, but it began quite a long time ago, you about this you know, the republican festival belarus my song, i would like to remind you once again that it was an initiative, or rather, the idea of ​​the head of state, it consisted in the fact that we all understand what this festival is,

in concerts, events for this date we focused more on our historical path to unity, well, this year we all saw this, this concert was different, we showed our creative unity, we showed our spiritual unity, the numbers were very different, but woven into one single canvas, and also well we see and still receive feedback echoes, and the concert was very much liked by the audience, a logical and natural continuation of the head of state. all of us, the organizers, have a great desire for this concert, of course, somewhere in a transformed, in an adapted form, but the whole country saw it. often and a lot the president now talks about how we should work, how important the work of each of us is now,

right in our place, here now, today, but in our life there is a place not only for work, there is a place for a holiday, very i would like to see a holiday in the form of the upcoming... the show in minsk arena was surprising, where the president, as we know, launched this action marathon of unity, but surely the preparations began even before this show in minsk arena, i would like to know what can be said now, what does the program of the marathon of unity include, what could be its

distinctive features? thank you, of course, the preparations for the action marathon of unity began. long before it was officially announced began preparation, just on the instructions of the president, for several months specialists from different fields, from different industries made their proposals and we formed the program of events for the marathon, understanding that unity is a multi-layered concept, we certainly filled our event with events that will unite people through culture, through education, through some common activity, today we have formed a program of events that will take place both at the national level and at the local level

level, the schedule of our action, the unity marathon, has been developed in accordance with the schedule of the unity marathon. in the form of concerts, in the form of local events, it will reach every region of our country, in different regions, we will cover a different number of cities, but nevertheless we will visit every region, and... as a rule, it will be a two-day program, from events of various focus, i think that colleagues will tell you more about this, and this program will end with a big concert, a big, bright, large-scale concert, in which, according to our the idea also has a unifying meaning, since this concert will involve not only... local groups, not only visiting groups from the capital, but also

groups that will come from other regions of the country to show their creativity, so the first, the first point of the marathon route will be the city of molodechno, the first event will take place there on october 11 and the main set of events and a concert on the twelfth. many thanks to anna sergeevna, colleagues, literally the day before. it was a live broadcast from the national press center about the unity marathon. we continue the information broadcast and now to international news. the lithuanian government has approved the termination of the customs. cooperation agreements signed with belarus and russia. according to the ministry of finance of the baltic country, state

customs authorities have not exchanged information with their colleagues from belarus and russia since february 2022. at the same time, vilnius imposed restrictions at checkpoints, the decision to denounce the customs agreements cooperation, which was signed almost three decades ago, was an inevitable future. mistake, spoiling relations with belarus, said mep voldemar tomoshevsky. the official noted that if relations with minsk had not worsened four years ago, the regional conflict could have been avoided, it was vital to have friendly relations with belarus. tomoshevsky called for urgent action, because people die in ukraine every day, while some are making business out of it. the mep also said on the need to open a checkpoint on the lithuanian-belarusian border. so that, quote: everyone could go and see for themselves how they live there. belarusian citizens

are recommended to leave lebanon due to the aggravation of the military-political situation, the belarusian diplomatic mission in syria reports. the embassy's statement notes that it is necessary to strictly follow the recommendations of local authorities, observe personal safety rules, and also stay in contact with belarusian diplomats in syria. in addition... differed from the position of the united states, which spoke out against the adopted resolution. such impudence

to go against the hand that feeds them could not go unnoticed in estonia. the decisions were also condemned by the foreign affairs committee of the country's parliament. apparently , personnel changes can be expected in the department. environmental activists poured scarlet paint over the buildings of the finnish parliament. this is how they expressed their protest against the extraction of thors. dozens of people were detained; they explain their actions by the desire to draw attention to the climate-damaging peat mines in sweden, which are managed by a finnish state company. the first and confident steps to the olympic podium. grandson of belarus honored the young winners and prize winners of the eighth summer international sports games children of asia.

let us recall that our delegation won 78 awards, 27 of which were of the highest standard. anna orlovskaya and andrei letvinovich became multiple champions in track and field. the belarusian national basketball team 3:3 and volleyball showed the best game, and that's not all. of course , it motivates you when you go out, everyone claps for you, interviews you. of course, yes, it adds some confidence and some motivation to win medals in the future, added some confidence, some trace in the memory, that's it.