Trade of Belarus and the Russian Federation in 2024 will update the historical maximum, it is projected at $ 59 billion – $ 60 billion, including goods and services.
This was stated by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on December 5 at a meeting on preparations for a meeting of the Supreme State Council (HCC) of the Union State. The text of the speech is given by the press service of the head of state.
Conditions of the HCC is scheduled for December 6 in Minsk, it will be held on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the creation of the Union State.
Before the meeting, the head of the Belarusian state on the course of preparation for the meeting of the Higher School was reported by the State Secretary of the SG Dmitry Mezentsev.
As Alexander Lukashenko noted, at a meeting with him, not only the summons of the Higher School of Economics were discussed in general terms, but also conceptual things.
The president explained that he had gathered a Belarusian delegation for a meeting primarily in order to hear their position on observing the interests of Belarus. And this applies not only to the upcoming meeting of the HCC, but also to the Belarusian-Russian relations as a whole.
“specifically – what questions are there in the field of economics, national security, on other problems and, in particular, on those issues that will be considered at a general meeting,” said Alexander Lukashenko.
The head of state drew attention to the fact that a representative Russian delegation, including the leadership of the country, members of the government, will participate in a meeting of the HCS. “This is the case when we can and should discuss the problems that exist in our relations,” the president said. – There are problems that should be resolved at this stage. “
Turning to the participants in the event, the president asked what issues (taking into account the Academy of Higher National Security) were not resolved. “Everything should be frankly, there should not be any silence,” the head of state added.
In recent years, the level of bilateral mutual trade has been demonstrating stable growth, the Belarusian State Media notes.
According to the results of 2023, the trade turnover of Belarus and Russia amounted to a record $ 53 billion, exceeding the result of the previous one, 2022 by 6 percent.