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MINSK, 11 July (BelTA) – The task of protecting the domestic is still on the agenda, and the government needs to seriously address the issue of parallel imports, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss Belarus’ foreign policy priorities at the present stage, BelTA has learned.

“I would like to reiterate thast the task of protecting the domestic market is still on the agenda. Private companies and businessmen submitted me a report about some parallel imports, and therefore I ask the government to seriously tackle the problem of parallel imports,” Alexander Lukashenko said.

“We have the Horizont producer, Atlant and other companies. You argue that we are part of one association and so forth. You need to look for the ways and methods to protect the domestic market, no matter how difficult it is for us,” the Belarusian leader added.