The focus of attention is interregional cooperation. The President held a meeting with the head of Mordovia in the Palace of Independence.
The delegation from this Russian region has been working in our country for several days. Its representative composition is yet another confirmation that we have a lot of joint work ahead of us and not only in the context of the economy. We are ready to honor and keep sacred the memory of the exploits of our ancestors during the Great Patriotic War. A cousin of the grandfather of the head of Mordovia distinguished himself during the liberation of the Minsk Region. The formation under his command cut the road to the enemy on the highway Mogilev - Minsk and repulsed the attack. On the first day of his working visit, Governor Artem Zdunov fulfilled a long-standing dream - he visited Khatyn.
Greeting the delegation, the President noted that for the head of Mordovia this visit to the Belarusian land is not just a working visit: "You are touching the heroic history of your family. Belarus remembers the feat of Senior Sergeant Vasily Fedorovich Zdunov, a Hero of the Soviet Union, accomplished during the Great Patriotic War.
