It is important we actively resist attempts to manipulate the historical past of Belarus, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko said during the national conference to discuss the state policy in the field of history and ways of preserving the historical truth and memory.
Igor Sergeyenko said that a protocol of the head of state's instructions had been compiled after the president's latest address to the nation and the parliament. One of the instructions concerns the operation of the council.
The president instructed the Council on Historical Policy to step up its efforts and introduce the concept of the Belarusian statehood to all spheres of life.
The president instructed the Council on Historical Policy to step up its efforts and introduce the concept of the Belarusian statehood in all spheres of life.
The decision to set up a council on historical policy was very important and correct, Director of the Institute of History at the National Academy of Sciences Vadim Lakiza told reporters.