Lukashenko outlines tasks for state-run media

The state-run media outlets should not only engage and educate their audience, but also think about their own development, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss the state of things in mass media on 25 March, BelTA has learned.

The president noted that the meeting will focus on the tasks that must be addressed by the media community. “A global information warfare is going on and we became part of it against our will,” the head of state said.

Another topic of the meeting is bottlenecks in the work of the leading Belarusian media outlets. “No matter how difficult it is, you must not only keep the attention of the audience, educate, explain, support, but also think about your own development,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

“We should not give up. We should learn our lesson from the year 2020 when we thought that everything was fine, though it was not. Therefore, we need to work,” the president said.