Lukashenko was giving a speech concerning the importance of technology to the economy when he made the blunder.

Reacting to this, thousands of people in the country took to the social media, especially Instagram, and posted pictures of themselves working unclad at their offices.

They however employed objects such as their laptops and any office item they could find to cover their pubic region.

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The hashtag #раздеватьсяиработать, which means #getnakedatwork, trended on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

The president was only trying to steer his countrymen to apply more zeal to work, in a bid to inspire productivity.