Aleksandr Lukashenko said: "You know that it is a political enterprise. We have flax on our national emblem. This is why I would like you very much to work actively. If you see how the situation with raw materials can be fixed, I will be grateful. If there are problems with export, well, they are your problems.”
Igor Petrishenko said: “The projects that involve direct interregional ties and interaction between Vitebsk Oblast and Pskov Oblast represent something that we will transform, scale up, and pull up other regions, which have also signed the relevant direct agreements with the Pskov Oblast administration."
Major-General Vladimir Kupriyanuk was appointed Chief of the Central Intelligence Office, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. His predecessor Major-General Ruslan Kosygin was released from active duty due to his age. He retained the right to wear military uniform and insignia.
While on the march, the military personnel practiced traversing a contaminated area, mine obstacles, and how to repulse an attack by the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance force. Upon reaching a defensive line, the personnel practiced firing live rounds.
Igor Petrishenko remarked that interaction with partners from Pskov Oblast is progressing across the board. He said: “Pskov Oblast is our neighbor. We are connected not only by solid economic, scientific, and technical ties but also interpersonal ties, cultural ties, interaction between our youth organizations."