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Belarus plans to transport about 7m tonnes of cargo via St. Petersburg Bronka port in 2025

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MINSK, 14 July (BelTA) - Belarus plans to transport about 7 million tonnes of cargo through the St. Petersburg port of Bronka this year, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with a delegation of St. Petersburg led by Governor Alexander Beglov in Minsk on 14 July, BelTA learned.

“I would like to thank you for your support to me, Belarus and our company that is building a facility in Bronka. A lot has been done. A lot has been achieved,” the head of state said.

He recalled that at one time Russian President Vladimir Putin made a proposal regarding port facilities for Belarus: I was surprised that he knew well the port territory, up to a meter. He showed me: ‘Here’s a good spot. If you want, we can give Belarus a place here for development’.”

"Much has already been done there. I think we can do even more with you. We are very grateful for the support you have provided. This year we will transport about 7 million tonnes of various cargoes through this port: bulk cargo, petroleum products. We'll transport everything. We will develop the facility,” the head of state said. “We plan to use the facilities of Murmansk (7 million tonnes is not enough for us). This is a reserve place, but we need to build up this facility, and it will take many years. So for us it [the port in St. Petersburg] is the main road to the world for our products.”

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