Lukashenko congratulated foreign leaders on New Year holidays
President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated foreign leaders on New Year holidays, sb.by reports with reference to the Belarusian leader’s press service
Congratulations on behalf of the Head of State were sent to the leadership of the Russian Federation, leaders of the CIS countries, as well as state, political, public, creative and religious figures, representatives of business circles of the CIS members, heads of other countries in various regions of the world, as well as heads of international and regional organisations.
In particular, Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
The world leaders to whom congratulatory messages were sent include Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Hungarian President Tamas Szuyok and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Slovakian President Peter Pellegrini and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Cuban President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vietnamese President Luong Cuong, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh.
Congratulations on behalf of the President of Belarus were also addressed to King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Emir of the State of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his Deputy Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Kuwait Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq, King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, President of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin, King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni, Prince of Monaco Albert II, President of the Republic of Srpska (an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina) Milorad Dodik, President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, John Dunlap, King of Thailand Mahe Vachiralongkorn, President of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake, King of Jordan Abdullah II, King of Morocco Mohammed VI, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un, President of Israel Isaac Herzog, President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Angola Joao Lawrence, President of Kenya William Ruto, President of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi and President-elect of this country Daniel Francisco Chapo, President of Namibia Nangolo Mbumba, President of Nigeria Bola Tinubu, President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, President of Nicaragua Jose Daniel Ortega, President of the Dominican Republic Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, President of Colombia Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego, President of Bolivia Luis Alberto Arce, President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa, President of the Union of Comoros Azali Assoumani, President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, President of the Republic of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Chairman of the State Administrative Council, Prime Minister of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing, President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Messages on behalf of the President of Belarus were sent to prominent religious and public figures. Among them are Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Pope Francis, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Pitsunda, Sukhumi and Abkhazia Ilia II.
In addition, Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated the heads of international and regional organisations, including the UN, CIS, SCO, EEC, CSTO, CICA, ICRC, and IAEA.
The President of Belarus also received numerous New Year greetings from foreign leaders, heads of international organisations, and well-known personalities. Among those already received are congratulations from the leaders of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Vietnam, Mongolia, Oman, Jordan, as well as from the leadership of various international organisations, including the CSTO, CIS and SCO.
