Klychkov: Belarus, Orel Region able to double mutual trade
Belarus and Russia’s Orel Region are quite capable of doubling their trade turnover from the current $245m to $500 – as noted by Orel Region Governor Andrei Klychkov during his today’s meeting with the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko
Addressing the Belarusian leader, Andrei Klychkov called the creation of joint ventures an important point in the development of co-operation.
“I completely support the task that you outlined: to double our mutual trade, enabling us to develop more actively, regardless of any sanctions. We finished last year with growth for all socio-economic indicators. Our industry is working stably and last year’s agricultural results also saw an increase of 113 percent against 2022. In monetary terms, the region produced 182,000 Russian Roubles of products per each resident – 3.2 times more than the Russian average figure. In 2023, 5 million tonnes of grains, legumes and oilseeds were harvested, while the crop yield exceeded 50 centners per hectare,” he underlined.
According to Andrei Klychkov, the President of Russia instructed to set up a national seed production centre in the Orel Region, so the experience and technology of Belarusian specialists would be very useful in this regard.
