Lukashenko: Integration of Russia and Belarus surpassed expectations

During the highest level contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin, we are constantly talking about the need to deepen integration. This was announced by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting with the governor of the Vladimir region Alexander Avdeev, the press service of the Belarusian leader reports.

“You know, we are doing well. Even more than what we expected, – said the Belarusian leader.” I believe that the leaders of the regions and enterprises should first be interested in this, because you are on the spot, there, with people. Everything that needed to be accepted and signed, by the heads of states, the governments were mainly done. A wide road was opened in order to realize the ideas that we assumed in the field of bilateral cooperation, ”the president said.

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According to the president, in 2022 mutual trade reached its highest level since 2017, amounting to almost half a billion dollars, and increased by almost 20%compared to 2021. For three months of this year, positive dynamics are also noted: compared with the same period of 2022, the turnover increased by almost a third. “At all costs, we need to save these pace,” the head of state set the task. At the same time, he noticed that there are often situations when the rise in trade is followed by recessions. And there should not be such sharp differences, the president said.

“We are delivering to you now and intend to offer further products of mechanical engineering, machine tools, woodworking, chemical and light industry, agro -industrial complex,” Lukashenko said.