PM: European business keen to work with Belarus
Western business circles are interested in co-operation with Belarus, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told reporters after today’s meeting with President Aleksandr Lukashenko on foreign trade activities in 2025
The Head of Government said that the conversation at the meeting was mainly about the tactics of work in certain areas of our foreign economic activity, “It is no secret, and the President said so, that there is a pool of countries, and it is not small, which are interested, as we are, in developing bilateral relations across all sectors: from military-technical co-operation to investment, banking and so on. Between these points lies a large layer of trade, investment, joint projects, etc. Many of them are complex and strategic in nature. Therefore, all structures of power and management are involved, from law enforcers to financiers. Today we’ve discussed in detail the building of relations with a number of such states, our partners in the African and Asian regions, and the specific tactical tasks to be solved by both the civilian and security forces in the near future in order to get a clear and expected effect from this.”
The President also said that there have already been a significant number of invitations both at the Presidential and government levels for mutual visits this year.
As for building relations with Western countries, Mr. Golovchenko noted that it is difficult to make accurate forecasts, because it does not depend on us, “The President has repeatedly said that we are ready to revive or resume full-fledged economic co-operation with the West at any moment. They don’t need it now, they want to overpay to the detriment of their economy for some mythical values, let it be so. Trade turnover with the European Union and the West as a whole is carried out on those positions that are not in the sphere of sanctions, and re-exports are taking place somewhere, and through other channels. I want to say one thing: European business is interested in working with us. We receive not just signals, but quite specific proposals for work. And where it is profitable and possible for us, we will, of course, implement them. I am sure that sooner or later our co-operation will resume. The sooner this happens, the less all the parties involved will suffer.”
