Modern Vitebsk is impossible to imagine without the "Slavianski Bazaar" - A. Slobodchuk

July 14, Vitebsk /Tatyana Pastushenko - BELTA/. Modern Vitebsk is impossible to imagine without "Slavianski Bazaar". This opinion was expressed today by Deputy Minister of Information of Belarus Alexander Slobodchuk at the closing of the press center of the XX International Festival of Arts, BELTA correspondent reports.

According to Alexander Slobodchuk, the press center's infrastructure was prepared at a decent level, and no complaints were received from media representatives regarding the press center's work. The Deputy Minister of Information expressed gratitude to the "Slavianski Bazaar" directorate, as well as to the work collectives, thanks to whom, in addition to the working platform, a "City of Craftsmen" appeared in Vitebsk, and national courtyards were set up - for a week the city on the Dvina turned into the capital of Belarusian culture.

Alexander Slobodchuk noted the professionalism of the journalists who worked at the current festival - about 550 media representatives were accredited in total. The geography of the journalistic community covered Belarus, Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, USA, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Estonia. "This festival has international and, I dare say, historical significance in the development and promotion of Slavic and world culture," the Deputy Minister of Information summarized. -0-