Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko received an unexpected gift – a splitting axe – at MAZ, BELTA correspondent reports.

Students of the capital's College of Automotive Engineering, guided by the President's instruction on developing domestic axes that should be no worse than foreign counterparts, organised the production of firewood splitting tools on the college's workshop premises. "We hope this item will become your favourite, as it is made by the hands of our younger generation," said Vladimir Shibeko, head of the administration of Minsk's Zavodskoy District.

Alexander Lukashenko thanked them for the unexpected gift and promised to test it in action before the elections, and also to provide firewood "from under this axe" if necessary.

At the end of the meeting, addressing representatives of work collectives, the President said: "Don't worry, live peacefully, do your job. Everything will be fine with us."

As previously reported, during a master class on splitting firewood on November 7, 2024, the President presented an axe of Belarusian production, manufactured by MTZ under the Belarus brand. According to the head of state, it turned out to be quite good. Achieving such an assessment from Alexander Lukashenko, who is known to love and be skilled at splitting firewood, was not achieved by domestic manufacturers on the first attempt. The first samples of modern domestic axes, made on his instruction, were demonstrated to the head of state in May 2024 during a working trip to Orsha. However, according to the President's assessment, the product was not very successful. And Alexander Lukashenko set a strict task – to improve and master the production of similar goods necessary for working with wood.

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