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Lukashenko orders to stop expanding free economic zones

SVISLOCH DISTRICT, 24 June (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave an instruction not to expand free economic zones in Belarus as he hosted a meeting to discuss development prospects of Grodno Oblast on 24 June, BelTA has learned.

“It is necessary to ‘freeze’ these free zones, I mean, we should no longer expand them. Only in a targeted manner. If someone brings high technologies, we will offer them the same benefits as in free economic zones. But we do not need to scale them up all over the country and put enterprises in unequal conditions,” the president emphasized.

“Think about it and submit proposals on how to stop it. We do not have that many investors who will need soft terms. We can do this on a case-by-case basis,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

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