Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko praised the professionalism and dedication of employees of the General Prosecutor's Office at a ceremony to present state awards and the banner to the Belarusian Prosecutor's Office on 21 February, BelTA has learned. 

“Now I see that people working at the Prosecutor General's Office are not just implementers, but people who generate great ideas. One of your last ideas (I think it would be more appropriate to say ‘recent' instead of ‘last') is an investigation into the crimes committed by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War. This is hard to overestimate. This is very important. Remember: this is important for all those who run the country and wear shoulder straps,” the Belarusian leader said.

“We all will pass away one day, we will die earlier, you a little later as you are young. But we must always keep in mind what we will leave behind,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.

According to the president, it is important to preserve the memory of those distant times. The older generation is to play a crucial role in it. “There is not a single person in this hall who went through all this. But we know about the things that happened, because we were born not so long after those atrocities were committed and our Victory was won. We saw and knew people who brought us this Victory. We must document it and pass this memory on to our children, the younger generation. They should know what happened, so that they appreciate the things they have and not succumb to provocations and not be the cause of clashes and, God forbid, wars in the modern time,” the head of state said.

“Therefore it is necessary to bring young people, children to the Great Patriotic War Museum and tell them what happened, and ask some of them the question: Do you want this?” the Belarusian leader noted. 

“War is horrible. Neither I nor you experienced it, thank God,” the head of state added. 

In conclusion, Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that Prosecutor General Andrei Shved has a good pool of professionals to rely on: “Thank you very much for starting to run what I hope to be the best prosecutor's office of our time.”

Written by belta.by