Natalia Kochanova: Minsk compares favorably with many foreign megacities

Minsk is calm, clean and cozy, there are responsive people, and they want to come here from other countries. This was noted on the City Day by the Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, authorized representative of the Head of State in Minsk Natalia Kochanova in the visiting holiday studio of the First Information TV channel, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

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- We often visit foreign business trips, be sure to look at everything that is in the cities, in order to possibly improve something at home, Kochanova said. And I always want to return here, to Minsk, home, because here it is somehow calm, family friendly, clean and air, there is no bustle characteristic of big cities.

According to the speaker of the upper house of parliament, Minsk is special, and it is not for nothing that it is among the leaders in the rankings of places where many residents of different countries want to come. Guests, having visited the capital of Belarus, talk about the purity of the city, the order in it. They also celebrate the beauty of the country, its landscapes, especially those who arrived by air in Minsk.

- But most importantly, they always note the openness, kindness of people, sincere readiness to come to the rescue when you need to tell you where a particular object is, how to go somewhere or drive, she added. Yesterday, I was struck by what our colleague, who came from China, who heads the delegation, Wang Goshen (member of the Standing Committee, chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee of the National China People’s Political Consultative Council of China), said. - Author's note. He said: "You know, when we took to the streets, people were saying hello to us and we realized that this friendship had penetrated into our hearts.".