Lukashenko: Metallurgy plays one of key roles in development of Economy of Belarus

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated workers and veterans of the metallurgical industry on a professional holiday – Metallurgist’s Day, the press service of the Belarusian leader said.

Lukashenko emphasized that the metallurgical industry plays one of the key roles in the development of the national economy: it forms a solid basis of the industrial complex, ensures the uninterrupted operation of almost all directions of the national economy.

A professional holiday unites almost 20 thousand professionals who have devoted themselves to a complex business that requires extreme responsibility, deep knowledge and special, fiery skill, Lukashenko noted.

“Currently, metallurgists with dignity are undergoing a difficult stage of overcoming external challenges and do everything so that their products are in demand both within the country and beyond. As a result, steel production increases by a quarter this year, and export – by export. A third, ”the congratulation says.“ I am convinced that in the future you will work with complete dedication in the name of the prosperity of your native Belarus. ”

Lukashenko wished all employees and veterans of the industry of good health, inexhaustible energy, happiness, peace and prosperity.