In the era of globalization, national culture does not lose its relevance, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the 42nd Congress of the BRSM Youth Union.
      "Culture is what makes a Belarusian Belarusian in any part of the globe. It is not only our rich heritage, literature, music and architecture, but the language that we should know, the history that we should remember and the values which we should respect,” Alexander Lukashenko underlined.
      According to the President, integration, meeting people of other traditions, of other social experience, make us look closer at ourselves. In this connection Alexander Lukashenko recalled the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship which Belarus hosted in May last year for the first time. "Our guests saw us as a unique European nation. Our openness and friendliness, calmness and hospitality have surprised the visitors and made ourselves proud. And here I would like to address the praise to the youth, those girls and guys who worked as volunteers and did everything so that the visitors could see the best side of Belarus and its people,” he said, thanking the youth for this.