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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
MINSK, May 9 (Xinhua) — An exhibition of art works dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus on Thursday. The exhibition features paintings from the collection of the Belarusian National Center for Contemporary Arts, reflecting various periods of the Great Patriotic War. The relevant information was released by the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
The opening ceremony was attended by heads and employees of the Foreign Ministry, veterans of the diplomatic service, more than 40 heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations.
Students of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts presented a musical program with theatrical elements. Participants and guests were able to try soldier’s porridge from the military field kitchen.
In his speech, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov noted the special role of diplomats in maintaining peace and called attempts to destroy historical memory in a number of countries unacceptable.
“Today, when it is time to remember what happened 80 years ago and to think, it is absolutely unacceptable how in some countries this memory is being erased, evidence of those events is being destroyed, they are trying to rewrite history and create a basis for a new life, in which, unfortunately, threats to peace on our planet may again appear,” M. Ryzhenkov emphasized. –0–