About 700 young residents of the Vitebsk region will receive passports in a solemn ceremony on Constitution Day

March 14, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. About 700 young residents of the Vitebsk region will receive passports in a solemn ceremony on the Constitution Day of the Republic of Belarus on March 15, the acting first secretary of the Vitebsk regional committee of the BRSM, Lyudmila Kapranova, told a BELTA correspondent. Solemn ceremonies will be organized in all cities and district centers of the region. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, honorary citizens, heads of local authorities will present the young people with their most important document to the applause of parents, relatives and friends, teachers and classmates. "For the young men and women receiving their passports in such a solemn setting, this day will become an important and memorable event in their lives. It will allow them to fully realize the fact of their entry into adult life, as well as to feel the responsibility associated with the concept of 'citizen'," Lyudmila Kapranova is confident. As part of the campaign "We are citizens of Belarus!", round tables, lectures, quiz competitions on knowledge of history and the Constitution, and information hours "My rights and obligations as a citizen of the Republic of Belarus" will also be held in all primary organizations of educational institutions of the region. -0-