MINSK, 17 November (BelTA) – Belarus is opening a new page in relations with Germany paving the way towards improvement, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Vice Chancellor, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Sigmar Gabriel on 17 November, BelTA informs.
“A lot has been said about the past of our relations, about negative facts and factors. But there are many things in Minsk that characterize our relations in a positive way,” Alexander Lukashenko stressed. “Time goes on. Many things are changing. And our relations are also changing in the modern world with the course of time. I strongly hope and I am convinced that we are opening a new page in our relations paving the way towards improvement.”
The head of state thanked the German side for the annual help with the recuperation of Belarusian children from Chernobyl-hit territories.
Besides, he expressed gratitude for the technological support provided to the Belarusian economy. “Cutting-edge equipment and technologies account for a lion's share of the import from Germany,” Alexander Lukashenko remarked. “We would like to take this positive process to a higher economic level,” the president stressed and encouraged the German side to pay attention to the industrial park Great Stone which guarantees the most preferential conditions for investors. The project has been implemented using the best global practices of setting up such technology parks.
The Belarusian leader assured: “If we come to an agreement and promise to do something, we will definitely do it.”
Alexander Lukashenko also asked the German side to pay more attention to the situation in Belarus and to evaluate it in an objective way. “Then we will succeed. From the territory of Belarus you will never get any signal about the violation of the integrity and security of the European continent.”
The head of state expressed hope that the federal minister for foreign affairs of Germany, who has arrived in Belarus for the first time, will visit our country again in the future.
