This holiday unites everyone – Chairman of the Union of Poles in Belarus

National Unity Day is the youngest public holiday in the country, but it unites representatives of all nationalities into a single people. This was stated at the round table “Multinational Belarus: Independence Preserved by Unity” in the Press House by the Chairman of the NGO “Union of Poles in Belarus” Mecheslav Lysy, BelTA reports.

Mecheslav Lysy said that he managed to communicate with people who lived on Belarusian territory when it was part of Poland. “I came as a young director to the village of Rubezhevichi. Before the war it was on the border, but from Poland. I heard the memories of the villagers, ordinary people always had a desire, a desire to unite with their relatives.

The chairman of the Union of Poles in Belarus stressed that, despite the complicated interstate relations, Poles in Belarus remain citizens of the country. “We were born here, we live here, we develop and support Polish culture. We try our actions, our participation in public life to justify high hopes and in no case sow conflicts, said Mecheslav Lysy.

Since 2007, the NGO “Arirang Cultural and Educational Korean Society” has represented Korean traditional culture in Belarus, its representatives perform in orphanages, rehabilitation centers and shelters. Chairman of the society Ri Kimi Dinuevna, also congratulated everyone on the upcoming holiday: In the era of such a redistribution of the world and the emergence of various hotbeds of war, it is especially important that we unite in unity. We love our country, our land. Therefore, without further words, we work for the benefit of our beloved Motherland.” Minsk hosts round table “Multinational Belarus: Independence Preserved by Unity”