Belarus capital mulling to install Gandhi's statue

Vinay Shukla

Moscow, Oct 3 (PTI) The Belarus capital Minsk is
mulling a monument to Mahatma Gandhi as it finds his
philosophy of tolerance and non-violence "much relevant".

Addressing a function in Minsk Friday on Gandhi's
140th birthday as International Day of Non-violence, a senior
Foreign Ministry official promised all necessary help in
setting a monument to Mahatma Gandhi.

"His philosophy of tolerance and non-violence was much
relevant to Belarus as it had been the victim of conflicts,"
Vladimir Lopato-Zagorsky, Director of Asia & Africa Division
of the Foreign Ministry said.

"The Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Belarus would
extend all necessary help and facilitation in setting up an
appropriate memorial of Mahatma Gandhi in Minsk,"
Lopato-Zagorsky declared paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi.

At the Gandhi Jayanti function organised for the first
time as International Day of Non-violence in the prestigious
'Friendship House' of Minsk by Belarus-India society in
cooperation with the Indian Embassy, members of the diplomatic
corps, all walks of society and representatives of various
religious denominations were present along with the local
Indian community.

According to an Embassy release paying tributes to the
memory of Mahatma Gandhi, Ambassador Ramesh Chander quoted
Martin Luther King who said "we may ignore Gandhi at our own
peril". (MORE) PTI VS
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