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Call on Belarus, Russia to jointly advance to faraway markets

MINSK, 10 October (BelTA) - Russian regions can enter the markets of faraway countries jointly with Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Governor of Russia’s Novosibirsk Oblast Andrei Travnikov in Minsk on 10 October, BelTA has learned.

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, Belarus is now very actively developing relations with faraway countries, including the African continent. In this regard, he suggested the head of the Russian region to advance to the markets of these countries together.

“The demand for us is huge there. We discussed the matter in detail at the recent meeting with the president of Russia. As our experts say, the Soviet Union once created a huge foundation for the current cooperation of the post-Soviet countries – Belarus and Russia in the first place - on the African continent. They trust us more than anyone else. We should take advantage of this. Promoting our interests, we should support the development of African and Asian countries that have been waiting for us there for a long time. We need to work together there,” the president stressed.

Aleksandr Lukashenko added that Russia was doing quite well in those countries. According to the head of state, Belarus could develop products jointly with Russian regions and supply them to the faraway countries or help Russian regions in supplies there. “These markets are promising. It is a time of opportunities for us,” the Belarusian leader is convinced.

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