Belarusian and Russian enterprises should not compete with each other
but act like partners on the market, Belarus President Alexander
Lukashenko said as he met with Governor of Russia's Rostov Oblast Vasily
Golubev on 11 May, BelTA has learned.
“Let's compete fairly. If we produce harvesters in Gomel, and Russia
has the Rostselmash producer, we need to agree as partners. This is our
common market. There is no need to squeeze each other out. If
Rostselmash sees no possibility of reaching an agreement, then what can
we do... We will have to compete not only in our markets but also in
foreign markets too. Where will this take us? Let's take MAZ and KaMAZ
for example. The Belarusian producer is struggling, the Russian producer
has its problems too. This is where this competition has led us. And I
have not even started talking about the foreign markets,” the president
said.
“This is why we are in favor of partner-like behavior. We can reach
an agreement, and we are ready for this,” the Belarusian leader said.
Alexander Lukashenko noted that Belarus offers Rostov Oblast its farm
machines and invites the region to develop tractor assembly plants.
As was noted during the meeting, the relevant agencies of Belarus and
Russia agreed to submit, by 5 June, a joint program of cooperation
between Gomselmash and Rostselmash.
“We should move in this direction. Why compete with each other? The
market is huge. We must keep the foothold we already have,” Alexander
Lukashenko said.
Written by belta.by