MINSK, 5 October (BelTA) – Belarus is ready to provide full support to Venezuela as to its closest friend, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on 5 October, BelTA has learned.
“We are ready to provide full support to you as our closest and good friends,” Alexander Lukashenko stressed.
According to the president, Venezuela once offered a helping hand to Belarus in the energy sector. “We remember this well. Let us think today how we can solve the problems Venezuela is currently facing. We will be able to address them within the next five years,” Alexander Lukashenko said.
“Venezuela is going through difficult times at present. We had worse. We also had a shortage of food products after the Soviet Union collapsed. We set forth a goal to provide our people with food products and even launch food exports within 8-10 years. We did it. Venezuela, with its cast-iron will and discipline, will need five years to solve this matter,” the Belarusian leader said.
