Opinions & Interviews

LIDA, 24 March (BelTA) – A memorial complex will soon be created at the Kuropaty site in Minsk. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the relevant statement while talking to employees of the agricultural company IOOO Arvibelagro, BelTA has learned.

“I’ve given instructions to create a compact memorial, not a gigantic one like the Brest Fortress. A tender is in progress. We will make this memorial possibly like a small chapel,” said Alexander Lukashenko.

The head of state made it clear that it is inadmissible to exploit the issue for political goals. “There is no need to trample the bones and make politics out of it,” he said.

The President spoke about recent events relating to a scandal triggereda by plans to build a business center in Kuropaty. In his words, the problem was artificially blown out of proportions. “It had nothing to do with Kuropaty. There are political motivations behind the campaign. Imagine, you live in Grodno and think: what kind of government is it that gives cemetery land to a businessman? It was done to show you the ‘mad kind of government’ in Minsk. Things were totally different in reality. I would never have allowed building something in these lands. Even more so because I drive past Kuropaty to my office every time,” stressed the Belarusian leader.

“A memorial will be built over there. It will be a public place for remembering the people, who perished there,” said Alexander Lukashenko.