MINSK, 1 June (BelTA) – The Belarusian government believes that Western sanctions do not present a threat to the country's economy. Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko made the statement after Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko hosted a government conference in the Palace of Independence on 1 June to discuss cooperation with Russia, BelTA has learned.
Asked to comment on the situation with sanctions against Belarus, Roman Golovchenko stressed: “Logic is absent so much that it is difficult to make projections for now. Various kinds of statements are being made by different sides. We calmly track the situation. We are ready for various sequences of events and are confident that the Belarusian economy will not just survive and overcome them but it will get a new impulse in order to more actively work on other markets. Because the world is not limited to the European region or the North American one. We have huge Asia and huge East before us. As a matter of principle, there are not many unique products or technologies that only one country or several countries on one continent can supply these days.”
The government made the relevant calculations and reported the situation to the head of state.
According to Roman Golovchenko, the Belarusian economy is operating absolutely steadily now. It demonstrated steady growth and dynamic development in January-April, particularly export. In the period export indicators exceeded last year's level by 35%. The output of the mechanical engineering industry rises confidently. The petrochemical industry also demonstrates high performance.
“We are ready for any events but we expect no catastrophe. Everything is normal,” the head of government concluded.
