24 June 2001
Lukashenko to stay in Brest on June 24-25
Aleksandr Lukashenko is to stay in Brest on June 24 and 25. The main objectives of the visit are participation in ceremonies on the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union (the beginning of the so-called Great Patriotic War) and inspections of a number of industrial enterprises and the Free Trade Zone "Brest," the Belarusian ruler's press office reported.
On June 24, Mr. Lukashenko is to hold a meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Aleksy II in the Christ Resurrection Memorial Temple in commemoration of the May 9, 1945 victory in the Great Patriotic War. Mr. Lukashenko and Aleksy II are to visit the "To the Border Guards" memorial complex.
Sunday's central event will be the participation of Mr. Lukashenko and Aleksy II in a commemorative ceremony on the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, according to the Belarusian ruler's press office. After laying wreaths on graves of Brest Fortress defenders,
Mr. Lukashenko and Patriarch Aleksy II are to visit the St. Nicholas Church and to meet with members of the Belarusian Orthodox Church Synod. On June 25, Monday, the Belarusian ruler will reportedly
study the situation in the Brest industrial sector. Local government officials are to brief him on the social and economic situation in the region. On the same day, Mr. Lukashenko is to visit the state-owned electric bulb factory where he is to see an exhibition of the local
industrial sector's products. The heads of Brest's electrical equipment factory, the local engineering plant and automobile repair works, the Belarusian-Russian gas equipment plant and the joint-stock Kovry Bresta carpet company are to report to the head of state on their
achievements and problems. At the same electric bulb factory, Mr. Lukashenko is scheduled to meet with "representatives of workers' collectives." At the end of his stay in Brest, the Belarusian ruler is
expected to visit the local Free Economic Zone.
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