Technology exchange, trade growth and tourism development - Cooperation with Krasnodar Krai discussed at Palace of Independence

19 сентября 2023

"Belarus is in demand in Russia today more than ever," the President received a delegation from Krasnodar Krai at the Palace of Independence. The south of Russia is, in fact, the breadbasket of a large country, Krasnodar Krai has always been an economically successful region of the Federation.

In Belarus, the partners see several topical areas for themselves, and many issues are already being worked on. Combines, tractors, grain trailers - this equipment is already assembled jointly.

The environmental aspect is also very important to Krasnodar residents. Despite the sufficient amount of oil and gas, the traffic is being transferred to cleaner options. And Belarusians can do it. Thanks to active contacts, by the end of 2022, the trade turnover increased by 60% and amounted to 557 million dollars. Belarusian industry has technologies that can be successfully applied in the neighboring country.

"Kuban is is the breadwinner, the advanced region of the Russian Federation in all respects," said Alexander Lukashenko.

The President reminded that Belarus is actively developing cooperation with various Russian regions. And the main thing, he stressed, is to implement all the agreements, and there are many of them. "This is our principle: if we have agreed, we have to fulfill them. And recently we have come to the point that we need to determine the key regions in Russia, from where we can work for the neighboring regions.