BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

05/02/2008

Belarus to Host 2009 World Youth Fest

Minsk, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Granting of the venue of the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students to Belarus for the summer of 2009 is a continuity of the movement started by progressive forces, an official source announced Tuesday.

Cuba urged that the event continue to be an expression of the struggle of progressive youth for a better future, a fiesta of friendship, peace and fraternity, Julio Martinez, first secretary of the Young Communist League of Cuba, told Prensa Latina.

The decision of Belarus as host was made by the general council of the World Democratic Youth Federation in Lisbon, said Martinez, who highlighted the importance for progressive forces worldwide to meet in Europe to display the anti-imperialist spirit characterizing such gatherings since 1947.

Source:

http://www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B8C508C49-CCD2-40BC-800D-C82E79351EF3%7D&language=EN

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