Lukashenko Addresses Participants of IV International Anti-Fascist Congress

The head of state noted that the current Belarus-Russia congress is taking place in the year of the 85th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War.

"June 1941 changed the course of history. It was here, on the territory of occupied Belarus, that crimes unprecedented in scale were committed. Here, fascist Germany and its accomplices encountered an unparalleled nationwide resistance by Red Army soldiers, partisans, underground fighters, and peaceful civilians," the greeting states.

"Today, we, the heirs of the victors, are fighting for the memory of heroes and millions of innocent victims, discovering previously unknown mass graves, opening archives, and revealing new facts and names, including Nazi executioners and their accomplices who hid overseas and escaped punishment," emphasized the President. "Our cause is just, and the truthful history of the Great Victory is a crucial counter-argument against West European revanchism and the open propaganda of fascist, Nazi, and xenophobic ideologies."

Alexander Lukashenko is confident that the voice of the congress will resound loudly and convincingly in defense of peace and equal rights for all humanity to life, national dignity, and sovereign choice of their homeland's future.