Lukashenko urges need to re-energize Belarus' IT industry

The IT sector needs a new impetus for development, and not only for the residents of the Hi-Tech Park. This was stated by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting on draft decrees for the development of the High-Tech Park, BelTA correspondent reports.

"In November last year, we already discussed the work of our High-Tech Park, taking into account the current situation around Belarus. It is necessary to give a new impetus to the development of the industry, to ensure the most favorable working conditions (we agreed on this). And not only for the residents of the Hi-Tech Park, but also for all domestic IT companies, for all IT specialists in general," the head of state emphasized.

The President set a task: to create products for the needs of the national economy and for export. "This is a serious task. But in recent years, we have not had easy tasks," Alexander Lukashenko noted.

"At the moment, our Hi-Tech Park, which for a long time was called the "paradise for programmers" and the "Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe" by reputable specialized publications, is being economically strangled. Such attempts are being made," Alexander Lukashenko noted.

In this regard, the President announced the country's readiness to react to the situation, draw conclusions and generate appropriate solutions: "We are used to accepting such challenges and responding to them with dignity. If they don't want to see us in one part of the planet, we naturally go to another part."

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