The USA has an interest in cooperation with Belarus, but it must be carried out taking into account the interests of the Belarusian state.
This is the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, stated on January 17 at a meeting on foreign trade in 2025.
“Due to the fact that the West does not seem to want to cooperate with us in the field of economics, we absolutely do not need our products, we perfectly understand this – extra competition in the field of automotive industry, other industries are not included in the agenda of the Western states , spurred by the United States, ”his press service quotes the president.
According to Lukashenko, it is no secret that Belarus is most trading in the east of all today, although it does not completely leave the West.
“What is interested and beneficial to us is – we sell, sell, but not the volumes and not the money. Therefore, the eastern direction. The Russian Federation, Chinese People’s Republic,” said the head of state.
The President said that about five states, including Pakistan, Indonesia and the DPRK, sent Belarus their proposals to organize the highest level to discuss cooperation issues.
Lukashenko drew attention to the fact that the fundamental issues in which decisions should be made concerns mutual settlements, supplies of military products, fires to combat fires, and so on.
“Although we will not say that Venezuela does not want to cooperate with us. Of course, he wants, – continued Alexander Lukashenko.“ Many people offer business circles. Even in the USA they have an interest in our state. We will wait. With them, negotiations with the West in the directions of interest to us.
At the meeting, according to the president, it is planned to discuss a set of issues of foreign trade activity “in refraction to specific states.”
“What is there to hide. Syria offers us cooperation, asks for our officials to come to talk, decide. Afghanistan is also interested in our products. The situation is not an easy situation in both states,” said the Belarusian leader.
According to the president, there are a dozen states that are happy to cooperate with Minsk.
“We need this? We need. Will we be able to satisfy their requests? It is difficult to say, we have not such a giant economy, but we will move,” the president added.