A delegation of Belarusian war veterans has embarked on a visit to Murmansk

June 1, Minsk /BELTA/. A delegation of Great Patriotic War veterans from Belarus is departing for Murmansk (Russian Federation) today. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Ivan Nagibin, Head of the Department for Veterans and Elderly People of the Department of State Social Support for the Population of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. The program for the visit of Belarusian veterans to Murmansk from June 3-5 is very intensive. Meetings with the veteran community of the Murmansk region, veterans of the Northern Fleet, as well as visits to the defense sites of the Arctic region and memorial complexes are planned. The veterans will meet with the crew of the cruiser "Dmitry Ustinov". The delegation mainly consists of Great Patriotic War veterans from the Vitebsk region, led by Gennady Gerasimovich, Chairman of the Regional Council of Veterans and a retired general. This is the fourth trip of Belarusian veterans to the Russian Federation this year (in April, a veteran delegation visited Bryansk, and in May, Volgograd and Tula). The next trip is planned for mid-June to the Moscow region. Visits by delegations of Belarusian veterans are organized in accordance with intergovernmental agreements. Funds from the republican budget are allocated for these purposes. -0-