Lukashenko meets with Belarus PM to receive his report

First of all, Aleksandr Lukashenko was interested in the country's economic performance: “What results do we have in Q1?” He emphasized, however, that the main thing is not even the country's performance in the first quarter of the year, but the future perspectives such as the results planned to achieve by the end of the year, including taking into account the current problems.

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, one of such problems is an attempt to intimidate Belarus with sanctions. He stressed that this should not be left unanswered. “We need to show that we are a nation, and that we have our own land, our own country,” he said.

The head of state and the prime minister also talked about the financing of anti-COVID measures in the country. “The main thing is that we have treated and will continue treating our people,” the Belarusian leader stressed. He emphasized the importance of supporting doctors and medical staff who work in the “red” zones.

Aleksandr Lukashenko also mentioned the issues that had been discussed during his recent working trip to the areas affected by the Chernobyl accident. Then it was decided to work out a new program for the development of the Chernobyl-affected areas by September. “We do not need to solve the Chernobyl problem indiscriminately, as we used to do. We need to decide on each area, on each agro-town what we need to do there. We need to restore the pre-Chernobyl level of life and safety there. We need to adopt this final program in order to level out the regions that were affected by the Chernobyl disaster,” the president said.

The head of state also asked Roman Golovchenko to brief him on the results of the EAEU intergovernmental council meeting in Kazan and also his talks with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.