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Public organizations which will be caught on being financed from the abroad are to be immediately closed , Alyaksandr Lukashenka declared in his interview with the journalists in Zhlobin.

Belarus is open to cooperation with Europe in the sphere of power engineering. That was declared today by Alyaksandr Lukashenka when visiting the pipe rolling complex of the Belarusian metallurgy works and answering the journalists’ questions. “We proposed to Europeans: let us cooperate in the sphere of power resources deliveries. That is the key issue to be paid attention to. Now the talks and contacts are underway in this direction, the head of the state stressed. I don’t mean that it is necessary that the Europeans should build something for us, but I mean the security of the transport systems which are vital to the Europeans themselves.

Responding to the Interfax correspondent’s request to comment on President of the USA Gorge Bush’s declaration A.Lukashenka said: ”Bush has declared a lot. He has got enough places to send his money to”. In particular. Lukashenka stressed the problems around Iraque, Afganistan, as well as the issues associated with a considerable declining of the US dollar to EURO exchange rate.

“This means investments to our country”, thus the head of Belarus characterized Bush’s decision. "

“If some organizations receive the money they will be immediately closed .I mean it, I really mean it”, Lukashenka declared., stressing that the national legislation of Belarus prohibits the Belarusian public organizations to be financed from the abroad.