Lukashenko lauds Trump's candor
Belarus and Russia must primarily focus on their own resources. This was stated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on January 19 at a meeting with the Governor of Russia's Kirov region, Alexander Sokolov, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. "We are in the same boat.
Therefore, as Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and I agreed, we must focus on our own resources. Sanctions or no sanctions – we must focus on our own," the head of state emphasized.
"There are still a number of problems that need to be solved. But President Putin and I will solve them. The main thing is that both governors and enterprise managers understand that we need our own. Technologies. Listen, we have so many technologies. Even from Soviet times, which we simply discarded, forgot, rushing towards Western ones. And now we have realized that we had normal technologies. And they are alive and well today, they need to be used. We need to make our own. We can ensure our independence in almost all areas," Alexander Lukashenko noted. The President cited the microelectronics industry, which is in demand in both military and civilian equipment, as an example of successful cooperation with Russia in the field of import substitution.
"We must survive these difficult times," the Belarusian leader stressed.