(беларуская версія ніжэй)
Dear participants of the XXII Minsk Forum “Raising the Belarusian Voice in Europe “!
I want to start with a personal view on Belarus before the collapse of the Soviet Union, before the Republic of Belarus was founded, before the political power was taken by A. Lukashenko, and I will end with a perspective on German-Belarusian relations beyond this political regime.