“Nezavisimaya Gazeta”: offended Lukashenka isn’t willing to cooperate with Russia

Investing activity in Belarus is held “with weaker economic relations with Russia,” Aliaksandar Lukashenka featured the Belarusian-Russian relations in his statement made for Belarusian scientists.

Last week Lukashenka received Prime Minister of the State Council of the Chinese People’s Republic Wen Jiabao. The reception was worth a head of state. This time the points of contacts on the key issues of the international life, which Lukashenka constantly talks about, resulted in agreements for $ 530 mln. The agreements signed include: Intergovernmental agreement on “buyer’s” credit of $ 500 mln and a lax credit of $ 27 mln; $ 2.7 mln of gratui

At the same time, during his visit to Seoul that was finished yesterday, head of the Belarusian government Siargey Sidorski discussed the possibilities of production of Korean automobiles Hyundai in Belarus and investments of the companies LG Group and Good Morning Shinhan Securities into the Belarusian economy. Sidorski’s visit brought another result: an agreement of establishing the Embassy of the republic of Korea and Korean Trade-Investment P

Unlike authorities, independent experts don’t find so much positive in these events. Every country willing to cooperate with Belarus pursues its own ends, they remark. For example, right before the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister to Minsk, Chinese Ambassador to Belarus U. Hungbin said on the Belarusian TV his country’s intention was to get closer to the European market, and Belarus might be a good platform. As for the credits, they are the go

The East is not Belarus’ only direction. The other day Minsk hosted the Day of German Economy for the first time; there came German businessmen, Bundestag deputy Robert Hochbaum, representative of the Federal Economy Ministry in charge of the relations with the CIS Peter Lorenz. The foreign guests received by the members of the Belarusian government said Germany was ready to help Belarus in the hard times when the country was “puzzled” with Russi

The future investors have definite reasons to expect an imminent sale of Belarus. “NG” has already written about the Austrian purchase of Motovelo plant and “Mobilnaya Tsifrovaya Sviaz.” In October Austrian company Glanzstoff singed a cooperation agreement with “Svetlogorskiy PO Khimvolokno.” According to executive director of the enterprise Vasil Kastsiukevich, the joint venture on production of viscose technical threads is to be established in

The experts who predicted that Russia would buy all attractive Belarusian enterprises using its high prices for energy resources, state today this way became more complicated. Offended Lukashenka is ready to cooperate with anyone but Russia.