DOBRUSH, 29 October (BelTA) – You need to take care of the enterprise and the new manufacturing facility, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he talked to the employees of Dobrush Paper Mill on 29 October, BelTA has learned.
The head of state recalled that the construction of the new facility in Dobrush was not easy. After problems with a foreign contractor in Belarus, a decision was taken to complete the project using domestic resources. Initially, there were doubts whether domestic specialists would be up to the task, because they lacked experience and expertise in some areas. But in the end, all the work was completed.
"We can do anything when we are sovereign, independent, when we understand that we work for ourselves and our people," Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “You have done this for your children. Because your children are needed here, not in other places where competition is already high, even in Gomel and Minsk and will be growing. Take care of this enterprise for our children,” the head of state said.
The president also urged the factory employees to analyze the information they get about the current situation in and around the country. “Things will not be easy for us. They will just not leave us alone. Our manufacturing industry is one of the reasons. No one wants us as competitors, and anyone who has similar manufactures will try their utmost to get rid of us,” he said.
The head of state also cited the machine-building industry. In this area Belarus competes well with many Western countries, which is why they want to squeeze Belarusian companies out of their markets. BelAZ, for example, holds 30% of the global market. Sanctions have been imposed on this company for a reason, said Aleksandr Lukashenko.
“The better we do, the more pressure we will face from the outside. Everything is far from simple. We have to do our best to survive. That is our number one task. I do not want to go to war, but I do not want us subjugated, either," the president stressed.
