Alexander Radkov: It is necessary to learn to position ourselves as an independent state

        It is necessary to learn to position ourselves as an independent and sovereign state. The opinion was voiced by First Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration, Chairman of the national public association Belaya Rus Alexander Radkov at the science to practice seminar held by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus to discuss the history of Belarusian statehood.
       According to Alexander Radkov, sovereign Belarus is now 20 years old and the country is approaching a new level in its development. At this time it is important to avoid errors allowed by previous generations. It is important to take the best from the history and to learn to recognize ourselves and position ourselves as a sovereign state with rich traditions and its own views in the international scene. "The activists of our organization are closer to citizens than anyone else and it is the activists of Belaya Rus who should understand and recognize prospects of developing the state self-government of the Republic of Belarus, the mentality of the Belarusians. It is they who should teach young Belarusians to respect our history, our roots, what we hold sacred and our national peculiarities," he said.
      The event was organized by the national public association Belaya Rus, the Liberal Arts Department of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, and the History Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.