Posted: 15.01.2025 13:03:00

Lukashenko on main goal of foreign visits for all officials

While discussing a draft decree of the state investment programme for 2025, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko said what should be the main goal of foreign visits for all officials

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The Head of State, in particular, emphasised, “We shouldn’t forget that exports are once again becoming the most important element in our economy today. We produce a lot, half of it we consume, and half of it we need to sell. I’ve had a long talk with the Foreign Minister [Maxim Ryzhenkov] this morning and warned him: there should be no tourist trips outside the country. If a member of the government, a top official, a governor, the president or the prime minister comes to another country, it means that we should bring back two or three essential projects for Belarus. We must have something to hold on to. If the PM and then the President visited Oman, and the directions of our work were defined there, let’s work. There must be a result. And the Foreign Minister will report to me on a monthly basis on these results.”

In addition, Aleksandr Lukashenko once again pointed out the need for strict observance of executive discipline, “There is no need to invent anything. We have agreed – we have to do it.”