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Lukashenko: We have accomplished a lot, more goals ahead

MINSK, 15 July (BelTA) - The country has done a lot over the years, but there is still a lot of work ahead, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with top officials and executives of Vitebsk Oblast, BelTA has learned.

“There is a lot of work ahead of us. We know we have done a lot. We have really accomplished a lot in the last five years, and this five-year period has not been the easiest, actually one of the toughest. We can do everything, but we need huge resources, especially financial resources which we do not have in sufficient amounts. We do not have huge deposits of hydrocarbons, gold, metals, and we have to make do with what we have,” the head of state noted.

Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that the meeting will be about reforms, which people with alternative opinions constantly talk about. “Any process is the result. Our country cannot afford some fake, huge, wide-ranging reforms,” the president noted.

“Reforms are not about breaking and destroying (demolishing everything to the ground and then building something new). Please, do not get carried away by these silly conversations," the Belarusian leader noted. "Our reform is about improving what we have. We must develop those manufactures that already exist in Belarus. We know how to do it. There is no need destroying anything,” he said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko added that there are companies that the country does not need anymore. “There are few of them. Our reform is to expand the existing manufacturing process. We have necessary specialists, technology,” he said.

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