SCO for Belarus is not just an international organization. This is a strategic prospect. This was announced by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in an interview with Kazinform.
“SCO for Belarus is not just an international organization. This is a strategic prospect. First of all, in trade, economic and investment interaction, the development of transport, logistics, information-communication and other infrastructure. In the new quality we will strive to link our initiatives with already There are some of these initiatives at the SCO meeting, which will be held in the Kazakhstan capital, ”Lukashenko said.
“SCO by its nature, an organization for creation, it is not directed against anyone. This is what is in demand today in the world and fully meets the spirit of our policy,” Lukashenko noted.
According to the Belarusian leader, the formation of a sustainable transport and logistics frame of the Eurasian continent with routes that provide the necessary throughput is one of the key integration tasks, both in the EAEU and in the SHOS.
“The promising areas of our joint work is the synchronization of the development of international transport corridors, such as” North – South “,” East – West “, their conjugation with the initiative of our Chinese friends” One belt, one path. “At one time we performed With this initiative, and a lot has already been made for its implementation. and “Russia – the Caspian Sea – Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan – Kyrgyzstan,” Lukashenko noted.
According to him, changes in international trade, reorientation of EAEU economies to the growing markets of Asia countries, the Middle and Middle East led to radical changes in the transport sphere and the complete transformation of logistics chains.
“We are also faced with the digitalization of trading routes, the creation of a customs transit that is understandable to everyone, which will be securely insured from political risks,” Lukashenko added.
Assessing the potential of cooperation between Kazakhstan and Belarus, Lukashenko said that he was huge and together both countries can achieve even more.
“We have always been associated with warm, friendly relations with the leadership of Kazakhstan. And this has more than once helped solve the most difficult issues. Millionaire turnover, which has been maintained for the third year in a row, far from the limit of our capabilities. We have seriously advanced in production cooperation, industrial Politics, transport, agriculture, we expect that in the near future we will be able to remove obstacles in the transit of the goods and restore air communication in full, ”he said.
On Thursday, July 4, Belarus will become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.