Posted:
14.12.2022 12:20:00
The President on runaway investors, “Tell them good bye and make a sign of the cross.”
The President of Belarus considers it necessary to provide IT sectors of enterprises with working conditions, as it was made in the Hi-Tech Park. Aleksandr Lukashenko stated this on Monday when making personnel decisions. Among those who received new positions were chairmen of district executive committees, deputy ministers and the General Director of Minsk Motor Plant.
“There is an opinion that the park has played a positive role in the development of information technology in the country. But today, any enterprise, the Academy of Sciences, educational institutions have sufficient competencies in information technology. If God forbid something happens to the park, then our real production sector, the social sector will be able to do without it, developing our own information technologies,” the Head of State noted.
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The President also commented on the withdrawal of certain foreign companies from the market, emphasising that we will develop our own production independently, as well as in co-operation with Russian partners, “Now we see a turning point, and let’s be honest: someone has come, someone has left... They invested, brought technology, brought equipment. They invested. A purely political thing: they were told to leave, and they left. Good bye. It is a question whether they are welcome back. President Putin and I have reached a solid agreement. If you are out, you are out. We will develop our own skill sets, our own manufacturing. And we will manage.”
The Belarusian leader added that the production of Moskvich cars has already been launched in Russia, Lada is being produced, Volga will also appear soon, and Geely is being produced in Belarus,
“I am talking about the automobiles that the population needs. Not executives. Executive personnel can drive around in Aurus cars. This car will be up to snuff soon. It will be at least as good as Mercedes cars. As for trucks, Belarus and Russia make such truck brands as MAZ and KamAZ. There are also enterprises that make tractors, machines, and mechanisms for agriculture. This is why if someone is leaving, let them go. Don’t hold on to anyone. But take control of the enterprise right away. Don’t wait for Golovchenko and Sergeyenko to give you some instructions and change the incorporation type. It is your property as of that moment.”
Aleksandr Lukashenko gave a clear instruction on how to deal with enterprises left by a foreign investor in Belarus, “If a foreign investor launched or privatised a company and a foreign investor got a company into ownership and then left (these are mainly investors from unfriendly countries and other states), tell them good bye, make a sign of the cross and thank them for leaving their property behind… I told you this when I spoke about McDonald’s. It keeps working. And customers keep coming. And their products are not bad. Yet, this is already our enterprise. If they do not want to work — well, it is up to them. Our people are smart enough, as I said earlier, to be able to cut this bun into two and put lettuce leaves or a piece of sausage into it… Everything was left. They didn’t take anything with them. But had they taken something, the people in charge here would have had their heads off upon my order. No one should take anything away. You should not allow this.”
The President gave an example of IKEA, “Ah, IKEA!... Good bye! We will make these chairs and other things on our own. Or components for beds. They mostly produced components for kitchen sets, for beds, furniture. Are we unable to do the same? After all, they did not take anything away and the staff is here. If the owner left, let it be. There is a strong demand on the market, in Russia, Belarus and so on, we can produce these components and supply them as we did before. Go for it!”
Based on materials from sb.by and belta.by
“There is an opinion that the park has played a positive role in the development of information technology in the country. But today, any enterprise, the Academy of Sciences, educational institutions have sufficient competencies in information technology. If God forbid something happens to the park, then our real production sector, the social sector will be able to do without it, developing our own information technologies,” the Head of State noted.
The President also commented on the withdrawal of certain foreign companies from the market, emphasising that we will develop our own production independently, as well as in co-operation with Russian partners, “Now we see a turning point, and let’s be honest: someone has come, someone has left... They invested, brought technology, brought equipment. They invested. A purely political thing: they were told to leave, and they left. Good bye. It is a question whether they are welcome back. President Putin and I have reached a solid agreement. If you are out, you are out. We will develop our own skill sets, our own manufacturing. And we will manage.”
The Belarusian leader added that the production of Moskvich cars has already been launched in Russia, Lada is being produced, Volga will also appear soon, and Geely is being produced in Belarus,
“I am talking about the automobiles that the population needs. Not executives. Executive personnel can drive around in Aurus cars. This car will be up to snuff soon. It will be at least as good as Mercedes cars. As for trucks, Belarus and Russia make such truck brands as MAZ and KamAZ. There are also enterprises that make tractors, machines, and mechanisms for agriculture. This is why if someone is leaving, let them go. Don’t hold on to anyone. But take control of the enterprise right away. Don’t wait for Golovchenko and Sergeyenko to give you some instructions and change the incorporation type. It is your property as of that moment.”
Aleksandr Lukashenko gave a clear instruction on how to deal with enterprises left by a foreign investor in Belarus, “If a foreign investor launched or privatised a company and a foreign investor got a company into ownership and then left (these are mainly investors from unfriendly countries and other states), tell them good bye, make a sign of the cross and thank them for leaving their property behind… I told you this when I spoke about McDonald’s. It keeps working. And customers keep coming. And their products are not bad. Yet, this is already our enterprise. If they do not want to work — well, it is up to them. Our people are smart enough, as I said earlier, to be able to cut this bun into two and put lettuce leaves or a piece of sausage into it… Everything was left. They didn’t take anything with them. But had they taken something, the people in charge here would have had their heads off upon my order. No one should take anything away. You should not allow this.”
The President gave an example of IKEA, “Ah, IKEA!... Good bye! We will make these chairs and other things on our own. Or components for beds. They mostly produced components for kitchen sets, for beds, furniture. Are we unable to do the same? After all, they did not take anything away and the staff is here. If the owner left, let it be. There is a strong demand on the market, in Russia, Belarus and so on, we can produce these components and supply them as we did before. Go for it!”
Based on materials from sb.by and belta.by
