President
Lukashenko: Belarus is a spacefaring nation
OSHMYANY, 26 March (BelTA) — The flight of a Belarusian cosmonaut to the ISS is not only about the country’s image, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told the media on 26 March, BelTA has learned.
“This is not only about the country’s image. This is a whole industry. A country which is able to educate and launch its national into space,” the president said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko also spoke about his personal worries about the flight of Marina Vasilevskaya, his conversation with the Roscosmos director general.
“A beautiful spacecraft is my most favorite sight,” he noted. “I rejoice together with you that we have reached the pinnacle in space. We have truly become a spacefaring nation.”
