[000:00:00;00] in the current conditions, belarus is rapidly rebuilding and catching the investment wave in 2022, the countries of the middle and far east grew by almost 70%, that is, we see a gradual increase in investment from friendly countries over the past year, despite sanctions, foreign direct investment on a net basis grew by more than by 15%. reinvestment processes are observed the owners do not leave the market develop their business here further and the money remains in belarus in the first quarter of 2023. the pace is simple investment amounted to 101.3%, compared to the same period last year. now because of the president under the initiative. one district , one project, a pool of 129 projects was formed with an investment volume of more than 1 billion rubles. at the same time, the introduction of a new

mechanism of state support for business is being worked out. in the regions of budget transfers, the state will compensate for part of the costs after the completion of the project. this will provide an opportunity to involve, highly profitable economic processes , labor resources on the ground to receive additional taxes to the budget of the regions. to reduce the migration of personnel, minsk and the regional center to preserve full-fledged families, but the president is clear. so far, i have indicated that our economic growth rates are not as high as planned for the year - almost 104%, but for 5 months. we showed only about 101%. we need to work more efficiently. there is no time for another 6 months with decisions in the repertoire of 45 performances based on russian and world classics, as well as modern dramaturgy. thanks, the review was prepared by svetlana chernova the results and analysis of the main events of this week in the information and analytical program main ether. all projects of our tv channel are available on

the website www.berus24.by, as well as in social networks. i'm sorry to you. all the best. a great geopolitical storm has swept the planet, the world is being redistributed , the unipolar security system is collapsing in crisis, but minsk always stands on the position of peace and

always offers mutually beneficial cooperation without confrontation about its true friends, partners, calls for solidarity and unity. this is how we survived it all, but sometimes we don’t draw conclusions from what we lived and start on the old robbed advance in a new way. the situation that is taking shape in the world leaves no doubt for us that we must stick together, economy , security, dialogue, and this is what belarusian politics is based on. what signals are we sending to the external circuit? about this, our conversation with the minister of foreign affairs of belarus, sergei fedorovich, i will begin with the topical and pressing issue . this year belarus is chairing the csto. and we see how many delegations of various levels come to us in general, both in the cis

and in various integration structures. the president speaks of one thing, but solidarity and unity. you talk a lot with uh delegations behind the scenes. and what prevents today from being united and united in general, there is a mood to work like that. all of my colleagues without exception. there is a clear understanding that we really must unite our efforts, that we must demonstrate solidarity, and we must work together to find solutions to all those complex issues that are on our agenda and that concern, both the inner perimeter, the udkb, and our risks and threats that we face on the outer contours of our organization today. under the conditions of the challenges and threats that the csto faces, both on the western and ekh borders, in fact, along the entire perimeter, without cohesion and solidarity, without joint unifying efforts, it will be difficult for us to solve the tasks that

we face. here is the intensity. e activities under the cst line, the substantive nature of these events clearly demonstrates the readiness of all member countries of the csto to promote seek a unifying agenda through joint efforts. answers to those difficult questions that were put before us. uh, today's difficult time, speaking of other integration formats. i would like to say that over the past year, we have been especially successful in seriously converting the potential of our economic integration cooperation within the eaeu, and helping to strengthen the economic potential of our state. today, the share of belarus’s trade with countries and countries is 65% of the total trade turnover, which we have with all countries of the world, this speaks for itself and our integration association demonstrates very good resistance to external challenges and

economic risks. we are demonstrating a steady growth in gross domestic product, a steady growth in the volume of trade, which is growing every year and, of course, we are aimed at further developing this economic integration as a priority. of course, we are now looking at issues of technological sovereignty, these issues have come to the fore a plan for our integration education and a lot has already been done in terms of the decisions taken in terms of supporting the projects of the industrial operation of this operation. you know our initiative, which was put forward, for example, by the minister last year on the creation of the eurasian electric bus. these are concrete examples of where we can use our technological and manufacturing competencies. yes, it will allow us to create a model for the development of an electric bus throughout the entire space. uh, euroset we have grown parts. calculations in national currencies today are 2/3 of the trade turnover that exists between countries in eu settlements are carried out in national currencies, and we, of course, have rebuilt the logistics. today we are actively using the transport

corridor north, south, only for 4 months of this year. we have 6 times increased the volume of cargo that is transshipped through the north-south transport corridor towards the countries of asia, africa and latin america speaking about security, belarus has always taken a very active position on security issues, and we do not allow ourselves to be drawn into a hot war and do everything in order to bring peace to your opinion. why today kyiv brussels washington is just dynamite the negotiation of the process , we indeed, at all stages of this conflict, have taken and continue to take a peace-loving line, tuned to the search for a mutual peaceful solution to this conflict. i will not go deep into history. everyone perfectly remembers the agreements of 14-15 years. we remember very well, the twenty-second year of february bart , when three rounds of negotiations between russia and ukraine were held on belarusian territory and then continued in istanbul, we are

really interested in finding a peaceful way to resolve this conflict and we will consistently advance this line. unfortunately countries. the west today adhere to a different logic. they still harbor the illusion of defeating russia . here they are still promoting the line of continuing the armed conflict, fueling with heavy weapons and implementing a policy aimed at weakening russia, well, this is an illusion that is absolutely hopeless. we are well aware that today they are not interested. do not sit down at the negotiating table yourself, do not push ukraine to this. here, in these conditions, of course, it is very difficult to expect that this process will be restored in the near future, but you know that belarus has always stood for peace for a peaceful solution to this conflict, and for us it is absolutely unimportant whether these negotiations will be held in minsk, istanbul, beijing, ionitsburg or vatican

the main thing is that the parties to this conflict can really sit down and agree and put an end to this conflict. sergei fyodorovich, you have been in diplomacy for more than 3 decades. if i'm not mistaken, well, we won't remember. that's all this time, but that's for last. it seems to me that the world has gone crazy for several years, we see how the world centers of power have intertwined, how the degree line is growing at the frontation and that's it. this is around our country. that's how in this crazy world the priorities of the foreign policy of belarus are changing. the foreign policy of belarus has always flowed from our internal policy, our fundamental interests. basic interests. always go from life to our foreign policy. never out of touch with reality. she has always been

peaceful, open, accessible and honest, of course the main strategic priorities of our foreign policy. there have been and remain the strengthening of the sovereignty of the independence of our state, ensuring the progressive socio-economic development of our state and society and improving the well-being of our citizens, of course, today in tactical terms. security issues come to the fore, belarus is at the epicenter of this geopolitical rift, which you spoke about, asking your question, we feel and experience all the lines tension, which is carried out along the perimeter, both in the european region and globally. and, of course, we must take these factors into account not only when building, but also strengthening the defense capability of our state. well, in our work both on the internal and on

the external circuit, belarus knows very well the price of war and peace. we just noted. all people's money in memory and sorrow of the victims of the great patriotic war and the genocide of the belarusian people, therefore, our efforts today should be aimed at ensuring that there was no peace over belarus, therefore the main thing is our foreign political vectors - this is the world of creation and development. you know that we foresaw this geopolitical confrontation long before it turned into such an armed phase and came out with a number of serious measured initiatives. i think everyone remembers very well our initiatives helsinki 2 digital neighborhood goodness belt. uh, dialogue in the spirit of san francisco, all these initiatives were

put forward by the head of our state. well , unfortunately, they were not supported by western countries told us not yet the time. more time. for this they came. let 's wait, but the development of events that we are witnessing clearly shows the correctness and absolute accuracy of the assessment of the situation. and so on, again 10 years ago, the head of our state. his gift of foresight of where the world is heading. that's how, uh, these processes. it could have been stopped. we are confident that sooner or later common sense will prevail and peace will return, including to our initiatives, and we will be able to sit down at the negotiating table and calmly begin discussion issues of uh restoring confidence building a new architecture of european and eurasian security. and, of course, i am sure that belarus will play a very active role in these processes. we are operating in

line. er, the instructions that were given by the head of state at the sixth all-belarusian meeting and naturally adapted the tactical priorities of our foreign political foreign economic activities to the main directions. they remain the same and truly strategic is the alignment of our relations strategic partnership with the russian federation on the part of the people's republic of china on the part of the eurasian union on the part of the cis but more and more. uh, attention and importance in the foreign policy activities of its foreign economic activity is acquiring cooperation with the countries of asia, africa and latin america, which show an active interest in interaction not only in dialogue, but also in real cooperation in a number of areas, so we are systematically building this work. and this work gives its positive results. do you know that our country's external trade balance

is quite stable; last year we were able to withstand the unprecedented e -sanction decisions of the collective west to reorient our export flows. ah, dynamics. the beginning of this year also confirms the correctness of this course. we have already grown by 14 and a half percent. e in terms of our exports. here we are today trading with e so 100-80-9 strange. this is even more than the number of countries with which belarus has established diplomatic relations so far 183 sergei fedorovich, by the way, we are monitoring for the geography of your visits as head of belarusian diplomacy over the past six months. and this is just africa - this is pakistan, that is, we see these countries and skeptics often say about these countries, they say, there is nothing to catch there. and what belarus wants to catch in these regions many people think that

this is a rather distant geography asia africa but in fact it is not, because it is strange with which we really manage not only to find a common language and a common understanding of the current features of the development of the world. come on and really line up pretty pragmatic mutually beneficial relationship. the fact is that today we in these countries find greater understanding than in a number of our closest neighbors, to the west of brest, and this qualitatively emphasizes those opportunities. which opens in the countries and regions of asia and africa, these are no longer the countries that were 50 years ago. these are modern highly developed states that also know the price of their sovereignty of their independence, who are also looking for ways to get away from mono-dependence on certain countries, uh, which are sometimes imposed on them. not

only some political line, but sometimes also an economic path of development, therefore today our interests with these countries coincide and we see really great real prospects in expanding cooperation from asia, africa and latin america. well , i will give an example, let's say pakistan, yes , that is, there, uh, historical yes , our tractors are well aware. we supplied tractors there and have been supplying them since 1960. modern ussr has been operating in pakistan for 16 years assembly production. our tractors today, pakistan is showing interest in increasing the supply of our agricultural equipment, not only tractors, and they associate, in principle, our country with the possibilities of solving their food security issues. market capacity. pakistan to date is 60.000. this is the niche that is opening up for us, it is very, very wide another example i will give in africa

today african countries uh islands need agricultural and equipment islands in need of agricultural technologies 35% of arable land is in dire need of fertilizers for food. in africa , it is appropriately processed and used to grow wheat, corn and others. uh, cereals by and large . today the issue is acute. e expansion of agricultural land. use of technology of use of technology of use of fertilizers. and this is a huge niche for us. for belarus, which is self-sufficient in terms of agriculture, which actively promote their products on foreign markets and today, as you know, we sell food to more than 100 countries of the world, that's why here, uh, an absolutely clear synergistic effect emerges from cooperation with these countries. unfortunately, here we see a real economic war unleashed against belarus against russia. the west does not get tired of building

these sanctions machinations. and the thread is that the diplomats are ready to react preemptively to these belarusian plans. today we are actively working. e together with the government over minimizing the consequences of countries' sanctions decisions. west you know that in the government there is a specially conscious anti-social working group and there are operational situational headquarters, in which our ministry actively participates . this work is built on a multi-level basis and at the government level. and at the level of our interaction with industries and at the level of our constant interaction with economic entities, our diplomats, both from the central office and foreign institutions, are actively involved in this work and provide, uh, assistance, uh, in solving all those problematic issues that arise from sanctions, of course, not all issues.

it can be solved at once, but in some areas it takes time and we had to make a lot of efforts in order to reorient the falling export flows from western countries and ukraine, which is about 40% of our exports, if we take last year's figures. but we were quite successful in reorienting these export flows and continue this active work together with our industries and together with our subjects and farms, of course, we are also taking countermeasures. this is also part of the work that is being done. and you know that a number of decisions have been made and a list of unfriendly countries and restrictions on technological imports for western countries and restrictions on a whole range of food products. yes, where we look self-sufficient, we simply limit the supply. you know that this week a decision was made to restrict the entry of polish trailers and semi-trailers into the territory of belarus as a response to

warsaw's latest sanctions decisions regarding the republic of belarus more additional measures are being prepared, which i think that we will soon publicly know with a light hand. so we do retaliatory measures or with a heavy soul. we do. this is very thoughtful, first of all, we evaluate economic risks and economic effects. we are absolutely not interested. with these economic responses, especially decisions to keep pace, as western countries do, because we are well aware that everything is unprecedented. the sanctions of the west, they not only affect those countries in respect of which they take these sanctions, but a circle. these countries are expanding substantially. today it is already more than 50 countries. china and the united arab emirates are included there. iran is not only russia, belarus, therefore, these sanctions are in direct action. yes, that is, they act against very many countries, but the most important thing is that they hit like a boomerang and we see the very authors of these sanctions, as if economic development in the countries of the european

union in our neighboring countries, inflation, breaks records, consumer prices and skyrocketed. and we see that many enterprises curtail their activities and for the high cost and transfer their production to other countries of the growth of energy resources and the general deterioration in the living conditions of the population in european politics by and large. today, torn off from its people and , of course, at a certain stage , it will certainly sober up its politicians, and we see already emerging processes of protests in the countries of the european union that are gaining momentum. we see, as it were, the growth of the popularity of parties, who just do carry out an anti-social line, which advocates the resumption of dialogue on and sustainable development. and i hope that these processes, yes, that is, they will go from below, because

today's european politicians, in my opinion, are besotted and sanctions have become the main tool of european and american diplomacy today. this is like such a favorite toy, yes, an alternative that they unfortunately cannot find, therefore, sooner or later this issue will become more acute on the european, primarily the continent yes which today are indeed experiencing a very serious recession and very serious economic consequences. well, the saddest thing, of course, is that the sanctions that are in place. with pizza and the americans, in relation to our countries, they actually hit all countries of the world without exception, these are sanctions of indirect, but indirect action, let's call it that, because, well, during my trips we go to my contacts in asian countries in countries. er, africa and with the leadership of foreign policy views from latin america , we clearly see the concerns of these countries. well i'm not talking about food

security. eh, this is generally an area that today, in my understanding, should deserve the closest attention and universal international organizations, and we are grateful that the secretary general of the united nations is on our proposal. uh, responds and really tries to advance this agenda. well , almost all organizations are signaling this today, and he and the fao and amber and the wto, and many countries of the world, especially in africa in asia, latin america, which directly collide. today, 800 million people are starving in the world with hunger. 3 billion people, according to the available statistics, the fao does not have access to quality food, that is, these figures speak for themselves and all the talk of our lithuanian neighbors that belarus does not play a significant role in ensuring food security. e countries of the global south. they are insignificant, because i have already said that we export our

agricultural products to the table of countries of the world. you know that the volume of exports exceeds 8 billion. you know that we have twenty percent of the world's reserves of viburnum fertilizers that go to all corners of the world and that ensure food security, and we clearly see in the framework of our contacts from africa, especially yes, that is, as it were, there really is a need for the island, both in fertilizer and in agricultural technologies, these are the supplies that our neighbors block us, if we talk about international tours, then, here is the un osce we see that they are turning from essentially platforms for dialogue into platforms and tools for pressure and confrontation , the last uh, the decision on belarus and not getting into the un security council is there a confirmation of how it reacts to me on such politicized decisions and what our line will be in these international structures. today we are witnessing an extreme

polarization, an extreme politicization of many un platforms. this also applies to human rights. yes , where actually western countries use the site simply as their political tool, trying to punish countries that pursue an independent foreign policy that pursue their sovereign line. both within their own countries and international arena. here, uh, we see the politicization of the international labor organization, yes, which, logically, should protect the interests of the workers, but in reality. the last decision says absolutely the opposite. and this is, well, a complete degradation of both the organization itself, and even the substantive work that over the years - this organization has been carrying out in terms of, indeed, the development of a tripartite dialogue between governments , workers and employers , the level of socio-economic development in our country is absolutely not taken into account. -e social and economic rights that

the citizens of belarus have today and the level of development of the trade union movement, therefore it is sad that this degradation is really taking place. and, of course, we will continue to work on the site, still promoting a unifying agenda and promoting an honest view of the world and all our proposals that are aimed at restoring a fair world order and a fair nature of international relations. today we are actually forced to talk about the democratization of international relationships, because well on the face of the floor. implementation and complete diktat that western countries use on international platforms in order to push through, i’m not afraid of this word, any solutions to russian interests, so there is no end to the work here, and we will systematically carry out this work together with our allies, together with like-minded countries, belarus is included in the strange group. uh protection, the un charter and it's

work, of course it will. i think it will intensify in the coming years. you yourself have been working for a very long time. uh, in europe in the west. today there is someone to talk to and most importantly, is it still necessary to do this? i think it's necessary to talk. always and everywhere, because there is no alternative to dialogue in the absence of dialogue, confrontation will only intensify and acquire even more sophisticated forms. and we, of course, must make efforts, we are working for the diplomatic service. yes, in order to still build channels for channel communication and dialogue, yes, and to promote a truly positive agenda. where it is, maybe where it is it is impossible, of course, we are forced to react, yes, that is, to perish, appropriate measures that correspond to our fundamental national interest, and which, as it were, ensure the protection of the sovereignty and independence of our state, therefore today there is a small part of, uh, european political

actions. yes, with whom you can talk , we did not stop contacts with europe. of course, today they are very precise. well, let me give you an example of hungary. you know that my colleague came in february, we had a full round with him. e negotiations. on the whole complex of our bilateral agenda of the economic agenda, the interaction of international organizations discussed the regional situation and in april we held an intergovernmental commission. yes, that is, perhaps this is the first country in the european union yes, with which we have managed, in principle, to restore these formats of interaction and successfully implement them. moreover, quite good prospects for economic cooperation are looming there, and we we have been doing this work and will continue to do so, and in general, we have a very clear direction of the head of our state. uh, in terms of our economic presence, the president clearly said that there is no need to leave the markets of europe, where it is possible that we should

maintain and where it is possible to increase our presence, therefore, this work is in progress, work is being done along the lines of business unions. this is probably the most today. ah, an accessible formula. uh, interactions with european