Speaker of the upper house of the Belarusian parliament Natalya
Kochanova emphasized that it was with deep pain that members of the
Council of the Republic learned the news of the heinous, bloody
terrorist attack. “
Measures to spruce up Polotsk and Novopolotsk ahead of the 11th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia were discussed at a working meeting chaired by Speaker of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova.