The next five-year period in Belarus will be the time of youth. This was stated by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, on January 24 at the final concert of the "Unity Marathon" event, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.
"Everything I have said and not said, what we have thought about and done in recent years, must be instilled in the minds and hearts of our new generations. I have said many times about continuity, about the fact that in five years more than half of our country will be people born during the period of independence. They did not know the Soviet Union empire and, by and large, did not experience the difficult 90s. And the year 2020 showed that we did not pay enough attention to youth – or in general. Not as much as we do today," said Alexander Lukashenko.
He drew attention to the fact that security, the absence of social stratification, accessible healthcare and education, a guaranteed first job, decent roads, low prices, and comfortable services did not appear in Belarus on their own or from the internet.
"This is the hellish work of building a new country. The next five-year period will be the time of youth," the President declared. "The task of the older generation is to pass on experience, knowledge, skills, and competencies to the new generation of managers, workers, farmers, athletes, and IT specialists. The involvement of young people in all spheres of state activity will be decisive."