30 January 2008
Month of French Language to be held in Belarus in March
The Month of the French Language will be held in Belarus in March, BelTA learnt from Jean-Louis Pelletan, Cultural and Cooperation Counsellor of the French Embassy in Belarus. According to him, the year of 2008 will be rich in various cultural events organised by the French diplomatic mission in Minsk and other Belarusian cities. On January 29 the Minsk House of Friendship hosted a Belarusian-French party, which was attended by a delegation of the Association of the French-Slavonic Friendship. Over the past 15 years the association has been maintaining close links with the Belarusian Society of Friendship and Cultural Links with Foreign Countries and has been providing assistance to the regions suffered in the result of the Chernobyl catastrophe. The association purchases necessary medical preparations and equipment for the Belarusian medical establishments. This time the French guests visited several children’s hospitals to give presents to young patients. On January 29 representatives of the Association of the French-Slavonic Friendship visited Vitebsk. On January 30 they will visit a maternity hospital in Borisov. The association has been maintaining close links with this medical establishment for a long time.