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MINSK, 24 August (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko held an informal meeting with famous U.S. actor Steven Seagal, spokeswoman for the Belarusian head of state Natalya Eismont told BelTA on 24 August.

The actor came to Minsk late on Tuesday. Steven Seagal cooperates with Belarus’ biggest developer of online games. However, it was not just a business trip for the actor. Steven Seagal was taken on a brief excursion around Minsk and got familiar with the Belarusian cuisine.

“An informal meeting with the President of Belarus took place today. Steven Seagal confessed that he dreamt to meet Alexander Lukashenko and asked for a meeting with the Belarusian head of state when he was planning his trip to Minsk. The guest has a special attitude to Belarus, also because, and it became known today, Steven Seagal has Belarusian roots,” the spokeswoman said.

The meeting with the President turned to be very interesting and quite informative for the guest, with an accent on agriculture as the harvesting campaign is in full swing in the country. Steven Seagal was shown Belarus’ most cultivated plants: beet, cabbage, carrots. The tasting of the new harvest was also held in the field.

The American guest also watched the harvesting of potato and gourds, the agricultural plant that is gradually becoming a traditional crop in Belarus. “Some five years ago it was hard to imagine that we would cultivate such watermelons. The guest got extremely interested in them. Over a light dinner in the President’s Residence the American guests were offered dishes of the Belarusian cuisine. They liked kholodnik (beetroot soup), potato and, of course, Belarusian salo (bacon),” the spokeswoman said.