President meets with heads of supreme courts of foreign states and presents state awards

State awards for Belarusian judges and a visit of the heads of higher courts of foreign states are timed to the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court of our country. This is a serious date. As a body, the Supreme Court was formed back in pre-war times and the development of its powers and the clarification of "what is within its jurisdiction" largely influenced the development of the entire judicial system of Belarus.

Colleagues of the Chairman of our Supreme Court from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia and Azerbaijan spoke about it today - they were first welcomed as guests by Alexander Lukashenko in the morning. The official ceremony of presenting awards to Belarusian judges took place afterwards.

The morning in the Palace of Independence got off to a busy start. Two events at once were dedicated to the same date, the centenary of the Supreme Court in Belarus. In fact, this is the intellectual center of the entire judicial system of the country. It is not the place to settle quarrels of neighbors or conflicts of legal entities. Rather, it is a place where unified approaches to the organization of the work of all judges, in all regions, under unified rules are developed.

The heads of supreme courts of Russia and Kyrgyzstan, deputies from Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, the chairman of the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court from Kazakhstan were the guests at the Palace today.

At the meeting, the President said: we are partner countries. We actively cooperate in many areas, including within the framework of international obligations under the CIS, the Eurasian Economic Union and the SCO. And rapprochement, contacts and exchange of experience in the formation of judicial systems are not an exception.

"Life itself confirms the validity of the aspirations of the peoples of the former Soviet republics to closer cooperation. It is especially relevant in our challenging time," said Alexander Lukashenko.

The President stressed that the post-Soviet countries are united in their desire to ensure law and order in their states, to protect the interests of their citizens.

"I believe that your current visit to Minsk will contribute to the further development of professional cooperation. We can perform many changes in the judicial sector in a synchronized and coordinated way. Our country is always open for a dialogue. Of particular interest is the exchange of judicial experience. After the collapse of the formerly unified judicial system, the new sovereign states had to create their own national judicial models. As you know, Belarus has followed the way of consistent improvement of the judicial power structure.”