Urgent economic issues addressed by Head of the State and Government

22 августа 2017

The participants of the governmental meeting addressed the control of prices, situation at labor market and salaries of state employees.

A big block of issues was related to food security. Last weeks, the Head of the State inspected the harvesting works. Alexander Lukashenko gave a number of instructions affecting the food program. The President ordered to finish the modernization of dairy complexes and supply them with quality fodder. The Head of the State asked logical questions about the flax industry - what about the market for such fabrics? The President also recalled of the task to create a real supercombine, which would be better than similar foreign vehicles.

According to the results of the half-year, the economy of Belarus showed minimal growth of plus 1%.