belarus is entering the markets of the countries of the global east and south, such an economic turn is not just a measure, it is forced, it is our strategic interests, diversification of trading partners and markets is one of the conditions for the sustainable operation of the economy, which means maintaining sovereignty and independence. alexander's big tour.

how do experts and analysts assess the results of the belarusian leader’s big negotiation marathon? are the parties ready to move from words to deeds and what do they see as new points of growth for our economy? question number one in the project we have collected an authoritative opinion. december turned out to be rich in international visits of various levels, how would you define the main task and, most importantly, were you able to implement it? a turn to the east, actually.

today africa is showing colossal rates of development, this is first, secondly, africa, freeing itself from colonial dependence, throwing itself off at the time when it was a colony, these were states that did not have any independence, what do colonial countries represent themselves, this a country,

to which the colonialist brings only some necessary food products, goods in order to maintain a minimum standard of living, without caring about how this population will live, how it will be... and experts, in quotes, let’s call it that, say that entering the african continent is a forced measure, because they say the west has turned its back , where should we go, what will you answer them, the same equatorial guinea, it has a positive foreign trade flip, they have money,

the republic of belarus wants to help them invest in creation, that is, in what, for example, in the education of their own workers, then they will be able to perform qualified work, thereby increasing...

the main thing is to enter with your knowledge, technologies, bring what these states need for development, that is no enslavement, in any case , no siphoning of resources, we want to help them build a world in which they can develop normally, because of course they show their colossal growth, and africa will be a continent that moves forward, but without technology, without development this growth is impossible, the republic of belarus will be lean.

the model, which was previously popular all over the world, is now changing to an investment model of behavior, yes, the export model is good, that’s how we say for premium markets, when it’s buy it, sell it, when it’s... logistics that allows you to deliver quickly and efficiently much closer, to reduce your costs, this is one moment, the second moment is when cooperation with friendly states that can share those technologies, when you join in global value chains, this is exactly what is right, this is an investment direction, because then we invest by investing in another friendly state, we get a colossal return, and for ourselves, too, work on the african continent requires not only... political or presidential support, a grand tour of the head of state,

all these negotiations at the highest level, this is essentially a catalyst for this process to be launched and move, maybe a little faster. now is the time to fill it with real ones, specific programs. i think that for each state this will be some kind of its own approach, for example, if we take the same equatorial guinea, then this is a state that today needs... firstly , medical technologies, and secondly, of course, this agriculture. and besides, equitorial guinea as a state can become for us such a hub, which is already planned to be done, so that we can further go to central and western africa. if we are talking about zimbabwe, then zimbabwe opens up southern africa for us, yes, that is this is the passage to the south. if we are talking about kenya, then this is a state that occupies a fairly serious position. in africa, after ethiopia, it is one of the most stable,

so to speak, large states in terms of gdp, this is a state that plays a leading role in the common market of southern and eastern africa, and thus it is an outlet for many african countries to the sea, that is we will implement our own strategy for each country, which will allow us, among other things, to unite all of africa for ours. for further cooperation, we see how this strategy works in practice, of course, yes, it’s zimbabwe, which provided itself with a harvest for the first time, it’s kenya, which is ready to accept our agricultural equipment, why? because basically in kenya, despite the fact that it is a fairly successful state, almost everywhere there is manual agricultural labor, and well, cattle, some tractors, that is, if we bring equipment, and this is primarily an agricultural state.

in principle, for all visits to this region by the head state on how he communicates with important political players in these regions, we see the necessarily friendly nature of these negotiations, often an informal atmosphere, but in fact this costs a lot, because this is extremely rare in the diplomatic arena. personal chemistry in politics and world politics has always played an exceptional role, and what is important here is the coincidence of approaches and systems of views.

one of the fastest growing countries, but suddenly, or not suddenly, i don’t know, you ’ll tell us now, such a passionate love for belarus, why is it necessary to look somewhere here for how... these are pitfalls. love cannot wake up in a vacuum, we have done a lot to see the result that we have as of the twenty -third year, because this is not the first visit of alexander grigorievich, and the titanic work that he has done over the past 2- 3 years, this, this is the result of his efforts and

those already implemented projects, so we see the concentrate of their attitude towards us based on the platform that we created.

this should be more aggressive advertising , marketing, work, but here there should be collective work, cultural days, information days about belarus, our channel belarus24 does not broadcast yet, but partly only to the region, in my opinion, only international radio belarus, then there is a need to strengthen your information presence, because people in the region and in general in

the world will learn more about belarus from the western media with those assessments that are one-sided, so to speak.

very serious disadvantages are artificial intelligence, because artificial intelligence is not only development, it is also a threat, and it is necessary to provide for all the options for the consequences that may arise from the introduction of artificial intelligence in different areas, therefore this area is one of the most promising, global, and as for regional ones, it is infrastructural logistics projects, of course, interaction with the united arab emirates opens up for us not only our neighbors. east, but also expands our capabilities on the african continent, because the united arab emirates has there their positions, and can support, but not advance the republic. belarus, but it is possible to support certain projects and come up with some joint initiatives. it is clear that the emirates are working with us on individual issues, there is no slowdown anywhere, no one

was offended. well, we agreed that perhaps they are very interested, we can work together in africa. thanks to the intensification of our partnership, the figures for our trade turnover and turnover of services are steadily growing. here is your opinion for the future, this trend will remain.

china is the future of the entire planet and the fact that we have good relations with them is our plus , our achievements with china, we are systematically building cooperation. there are no such global issues left because at the meeting in beijing the head of state raises, perhaps, the only, but very important issue, the speed of resolution, the implementation of those agreements that were at the highest level, and here, too, different opinions are heard, including sofa ones critics, analysts who say yes, we said so, this is the same dual policy of china, and what they say is to believe our partners... it’s clearly not worth it, how would you, a person who really knows china from the inside, evaluate this behavior, this is really the duality of politicians, economists, who will implement these agreements, or

it’s the scrupulousness of studying issues, china has such a rigidly built political system, hierarchy, that the decision is made at the top, although it seems like the business works on its own, but this is far from the case, it all works in the closest...

through the digital economy, we need , as the president said, to accelerate , accelerate, accelerate, including establishing humanitarian ties, thank you for this question, somehow you hit the nail on the head, literally until last month, in november , a delegation from our partner, hoadongsha foundation, i would say the name in chinese is the east china normal university, with which we signed

an agreement to open...

this is my office. this is my workplace, this is the table where i spend most of my time. of my time, this is the place where i carry out my diplomatic work. as the head of a diplomatic mission, of course, my main task is to protect the interests of my nation. in addition, among our tasks is to develop relations between our countries in various fields. this includes education, trade, investment, parliament, culture and other areas. it was easier for me because at the time i arrived in belarus, more than 70 memorandums of understanding had already been signed between both countries. agreements,

which were signed over 7 years. therefore , i had a clear understanding of what needed to be done, in what direction to move, and i also worked to ensure that new memorandums of understanding were signed, new ones. i would like to note that despite all the difficulties that have arisen in recent years, despite the situation with the covid pandemic, despite the fact that there were difficulties in the region and the distance between both countries is quite large, we were able to develop relations in all directions and strengthen interaction in different areas, for example in january last year... there was a joint meeting of the economic group, which took place over 5 years. a number of different visits took place, the minister of foreign affairs visited pakistan in may of this year, and the minister of defense and industry of pakistan also visited belarus. all these visits were

quite successful and fruitful. of course, we strive to develop, first of all, political ties between pakistan and belarus. and the prime minister of pakistan met with the head of your state only. several times over the past year, including including during the sco summit, and in 2024 we are planning high- level visits. i have clearly set myself the task of developing relations in four main areas: economics and trade, education, culture, interaction with the media. third was media engagement. so i am very happy that in the last three years. and if we talk about the work done and the results that we have achieved over the past 3 years, then first of all, of course, i would like to note our participation for the first time in the arts festival slavic bazaar in vitebsk.