Sergei Sidorskiy: Belarus records 13% economic growth in January

The Belarusian economy grew by13% over 2006, prime minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorskiy has said at a session of the Council of Ministers which summed up the economic performance of Belarus in 2006 and mapped out priority tasks to reach the projected targets of the socio-economic development of the country in 2007. According to Sergei Sidorskiy, in 2006 the country met 14 out of 16 most important targets of the socio-economic development forecast. Thus, “quite good foundations have been laid to continue the work in 2007”, the head of government said. Speaking about the economic performance in January, the prime minister emphasized “that was a difficult month for the government, the national economy”. However, despite the difficulties the Belarusian economy showed its efficiency past month, he said. Belarus took a range of urgent measures following the increase in the prices for Russian energy carriers. As a result, “the economy worked the way we expected”, Sergei Sidorskiy said. According to preliminary estimates, in January 2007 the industrial production will grow by 13%-14% over January 2006.

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