Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Emir of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Crown Prince, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah on the country’s National Day, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

Yelena Zhuk, a professor in the Radiology Department of Belarusian State Medical University, told the STV television channel about a new cancer diagnostic method, BelTA reports.

Belarusian President and Chairman of the Union State Supreme State Council Aleksandr Lukashenko will take part in a meeting of the Union State Supreme State Council on 26 February, BelTA learned from the Belarusian leader’s press service.

Belarusian Information Minister Marat Markov spoke in an interview to the STV channel about plans to stimulate interest in the Belarusian language and whether more Belarusian-language programs will appear on television, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to his fellow citizens, veterans, and military personnel as the country celebrates the Day of Fatherland Defenders and the Armed Forces, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarusian cardiac surgeons have performed a high-tech operation on a newborn Russian citizen, Konstantin Drozdovsky, Director of the National Research and Treatment Center for Pediatric Surgery and Chief Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon of the Healthcare Ministry, told journalists, BelTA reports.

On the evening of 19 February, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation, during which they discussed in greater detail the upcoming meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, BelTA learned from the Belarusian president’s press service.

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