On the declaration of 2023 as the Year of Peace and Creation

To consolidate the Belarusian people, strengthen the ideas of peace and creative labor in society as the main conditions for the development of the Belarusian state, the year 2023 has been declared the Year of Peace and Creation by the President of the Republic of Belarus. The corresponding Decree No. 1 of January 1, 2023, was signed by the Head of State Alexander Lukashenko.

The key directions in the coming year will be the improvement of the system of military-patriotic education of the population, the promotion of peaceful initiatives of citizens and the public, the promotion of interfaith dialogue, which ensures peace and harmony in Belarusian society, the demonstration of the advantages of the Belarusian economic model in conditions of global turbulence, and the positioning of creative labor as the main condition for the development of the Belarusian state.

This theme will strengthen the perception of Belarus as an island of peace, the indisputable value of which for the country's population is a weighty argument in achieving consensus on other important issues of public life.The Belarusian response to militarization in the European region will be the peaceful creative work of compatriots.