Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has called for schoolchildren to be mobilised to harvest apples and potatoes.

Lukashenko said it was “savagery” that children could not be used to help with the country’s agricultural industry.

“What kind of example are we going to set for our schoolchildren, our children?” he told a government meeting on Monday.

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“They say it’s exploitation, but what kind of exploitation is it if a person goes to work for five or six hours?”

“It will be happiness for the parents and good physical training for the children.”