Lukashenko expects industrial co-operation to advance in Russian direction
While receiving Head of the President Administration Dmitry Krutoi and Belarus’ Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik with a report, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko underlined that he expects industrial co-operation to advance in the Russian direction
Addressing the Ambassador, Aleksandr Lukashenko said, “I think we’ll meet more than once with you to discuss specifically the issues of your activities as Ambassador to the Russian Federation. It will be easier for you in the sense that Dmitry Krutoi [who worked as Ambassador to Russia before being appointed Head of the President Administration] worked in this position and, as I believe, worked well, mastered those areas of work that will need to be given special attention. However, I really hope that we will have progress primarily on co-operation issues. They lie in the field of industry. I wish there were and should be concrete results here.”
According to the Head of State, in this context, not everything on the Russian market is unambiguous, as we would like.
“You can see that, despite various kinds of sanctions and non-sanctions, the Russian market, especially the niches that were vacated after the departure of certain American and Western companies, are being filled by others. There are enough goods worldwide in these areas. There’s no getting away from it. It has always been and will always be like this in the huge Russian market. Anyway we must not lose our positions in the Russian market, and this is the number one task for you.”
The President pointed out that, as has been said more than once, it is necessary to create multi-brand centres, trading houses, and service centres in Russia in order to service our equipment, which is sold to the Russian market.
“Well, as I say, I mean co-operative relations. You’re well aware of these areas, you’ve worked with them, so it will be easier for you to work in this regard,” the Head of State emphasised again.
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that Dmitry Krutoi, working as Belarusian Ambassador, constantly visited Russian regions, “He had direct contact with governors, heads of large, medium and small companies. It doesn’t matter which ones. If they are of interest to us, if they contribute to the development of our economy, we need to continue this active communication with regional leaders. You’ve seen and met many of them, so it will be easier for you in this regard.”
The Head of State underlined that it is necessary to continue work in new areas in the aircraft industry, space research, and nuclear energy.
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