Lukashenko congratulates foreign leaders on New Year holidays
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated foreign leaders on New Year holidays. This is reported by BelTA with reference to the press service of the Belarusian leader.
Alexander Lukashenko sent New Year greetings to the leadership of the Russian Federation, the leaders of the CIS countries, as well as prominent public, artistic and religious figures of the Commonwealth, heads of other countries in different regions of the world, and heads of international organizations.
In particular, Alexander Lukashenko has extended congratulations to President Vladimir Putin of Russia, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, President Vahagn Khachatryan of Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, first President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Emomali Rakhmon of Tajikistan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, President Sadyr Zhaparov of Kyrgyzstan, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan and President Salome Zurabishvili of Georgia.
The world leaders to whom congratulatory messages were sent include Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Syrian President Bashar Assad, Indian President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pakistani President Arif Alvi, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Hungarian President Katalin Novak and Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Cuban President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Mongolia Uhnagiin Khurlsukh, President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas.
The President also sent greetings to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Prime Minister and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces of the Kingdom of Bahrain, The Emir of the State of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and his deputy, Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, and the Emir of the State of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Crown Prince Mishaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq, King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, President Mohammad Abdul Hamid of Bangladesh and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia, Prince Albert II of Monaco and many other leaders and top officials.