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MINSK, 17 November (BelTA) – There are no Belarusian guest workers in Russia, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the press conference for the Russian regional mass media on 17 November.

“There are no Belarusian guest workers in Russia. There are only organized construction brigades there,” the President stressed commenting on some Russian media reports of about 1 million Belarusian guest workers in Russia.

Some time ago the Moscow authorities asked Belarus to send qualified specialists: bricklayers, tile-layers and many others. “Our construction sector was on the rise then and I offered our help. We set up subsidiaries of our state companies and sent our specialists to Russia, first of all, to Moscow,” Alexander Lukashenko said.

Today Belarusians prefer official employment in such companies. “We do not encourage our people to go there by themselves. We do our utmost to reach an agreement, unite them into brigades. We keep in touch with the embassy and local authorities in order to provide our people with decent working conditions,” the head of state explained.

Russian citizens find work in Belarus in the similar way. Alexander Lukashenko cited the ongoing construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant as an example. “They are provided with good living conditions there. We have already built thousands of flats for the people who have come from Russia to build the plant,” the President said. Once the nuclear power plant is commissioned, the housing will be provided to those who will work at the facility. Russians can make part of its personnel as well.