President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko gщt familiar with the development projects of Minsk.

The Belarusian head of state considered the projects of the open international competition for the best architectural solution of the territory adjoining the National Library.

On March 2008, 13 projects were submitted to participate in the competition. They were developed by 12 domestic and international designing organizations from Great Britain, Canada, France, Slovakia and the USA.

The territory to be developed is 34 hectares large. The participants of the competition are to come up with a project of a modern urban ensemble which would harmonize with the architecture of the National Library of Belarus, the park and Independence avenue.