{"id":4984,"date":"2026-08-10T18:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/4984\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:07:11","slug":"lukashenko-meets-with-russian-communist-party-leader-gennady-zyuganov-latest-news-of-belarus-politics-society-culture-sport-belarus-news-belarusian-news-belarus-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/4984\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukashenko meets with Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov | Latest news of Belarus – politics, society, culture, sport | Belarus News | Belarusian news | Belarus today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MINSK, 10 August (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Gennady Zyuganov, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Russia, the leader of the CPRF faction in the State Duma, BelTA has learned.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have been very much looking forward to this meeting. We have much to discuss, to share some thoughts, sentiments, and doubts (unfortunately, we still have those as well). I am glad to see you,\u201d Aleksandr Lukashenko said welcoming Gennady Zyuganov.<\/p>\n

The Belarusian head of state and the leader of the Russian Communist Party discussed a wide range of issues, from agriculture to the Belarusian president\u2019s recent trips to Russia and China. \u201cI followed very closely the news of your meeting with Putin at Valdai and then your trip to China to see our mutual friend Xi Jinping,\u201d Gennady Zyuganov said. \u201cYou did an excellent job in the field of mechanical engineering, which is extremely important. You have a lot to show [in this area].\u201d<\/p>\n

Gennady Zyuganov noted that he had recently visited Oryol Oblast where he had seen fields sown with a wheat variety called Zyuganovka. This variety is known for its exceptionally high yields.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill you share the seeds?\u201d Aleksandr Lukashenko asked. According to Gennady Zyuganov, this wheat variety has already been sown on 500 hectares in Brest Oblast. He had asked the regional governor not to mention it to the head of state as he wanted to share the news personally during their meeting.<\/p>\n

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The leader of the CPRF conveyed to the Belarusian president greetings from member of the State Duma Nikolai Kharitonov, who has known Aleksandr Lukashenko for many years. \u201cI have your first presidential program, I don\u2019t show it to anyone. Mr Kharitonov has that very napkin on which you and Yeltsin signed your names in the Palace of the Facets [of the Kremlin],\u201d Gennady Zyuganov said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat did happen, indeed,\u201d Aleksandr Lukashenko replied with a smile.<\/p>\n

This refers to an episode connected with the Union State Treaty, which was signed on 2 April 1997. At the time, Nikolai Kharitonov approached the heads of state with a napkin and suggested: \u201cIf you\u2019re for the union, then sign it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him: \u2018Nikolai, don\u2019t give it to anyone. Any museum would pay you a fortune for that napkin,\u201d the CPRF leader added.<\/p>\n

He also recalled Aleksandr Lukashenko\u2019s address to the State Duma in 1999. \u201cYou delivered a brilliant speech and convinced us that Slavic brotherhood would be restored and our shattered ties rebuilt. We are grateful to you. You set an example for everyone with your courage and your truly remarkable address,\u201d Gennady Zyuganov emphasized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lukashenko meets with Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov MINSK, 10 August (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[32,150,148,149,151,147,146,145],"class_list":["post-4984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-belarus","tag-belarus-culture","tag-belarus-politics","tag-belarus-society","tag-belarus-sport","tag-latest-events-of-belarus","tag-latest-news-of-belarus","tag-republic-of-belarus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}