MINSK, 22 June (BelTA) – It is needed to simplify the procedure of commercializing R&D products, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the 5th Belarusian People's Congress on 22 June, BelTA has learned.
“It is essential to develop the R&D market by simplifying the procedure of commercializing R&D products belonging to the state, to do our best to guarantee the protection and efficient management of intellectual property objects on the domestic and international markets,” the head of state remarked.
“Belarus' priority is to become one of the leaders in a decade,” the Belarusian leader emphasized. “The main objective is to raise the share of high-tech and medium-tech productions. It is necessary to get closer to the world's leading countries: the high-tech sector should account for 5%, and the medium-tech sector – for 50% of the economy.”