Republic
08.01.2008
This year Belarus should see an economic upturn, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on January 7 when visiting St. Spirit Cathedral in Minsk.
‘This year will not be simple. Not because of the recent energy price hike. We will have to make a breakthrough to ensure an economic advance and to lay a foundation for the future economic prosperity. After the holidays we should buckle down to the work to make our life and life of our children better. This year will be deciding,” Alexander Lukashenko said.
According to the Belarusian leader, it would be easier for Belarus to build up its economic potential if not for the pressure outside. “However, this pressure is logical. This is a law of competition: we are a young state, which has doubled its production and tries to actively promote its products. That is why the pressure is exerted. Powers do not like when somebody starts thriving. Our goal is to continue doing our part,” said the President.
“We should do everything we can to use the market environment and to protect our people through increasing their wages,” the head of state stressed.
Belarus’ crowning achievement is that it avoided the split of its society, domination of criminal and political distemper, Alexander Lukashenko noted. “Our task is to protect the country and the nation from the distempers, which are so typical for the contemporary world,” the President underlined.