May 26, Minsk / Corr. BELTA/. The integration of Belarus successfully makes it possible to withstand the sanctions strike of the West. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Igor Petrishenko during a panel discussion of the Eurasian Economic Forum, in which he takes part in a video conference, BelTA has learned.

“Belarus and Russia have built a very close, diverse interaction on a narrow range of issues. The factual guaranteed equality of the rights of citizens of our countries in the social sphere has been ensured, we are interacting in ensuring security. areas of industrial cooperation were in first place.

Active work on import substitution is underway. “A list of goods of arbitrary imports has been defined, which have lost our thousands of enterprises. It includes several items: from, relatively speaking, washers or nuts to sources, assemblies and assemblies. Among the manufacturers of Belarus and Russia, suppliers of such goods were found, which makes it possible to place part of such products .

He called the creation of import-substituting industries the most common stage. “A number of investment projects have been identified for implementation on the territory of our country. It is planned to modernize and create new production facilities based on the distribution of Belarusian brands (MTZ, MAZ, Gomselmash and others). – industrial design Igor Petrishenko.

“Thus, the conclusion is not only damage. It is also new opportunities for the upcoming and expansion of cooperation with friendly countries, and even more so with allies,” Igor Petrishenko summed up.

The Eurasian Economic Forum is being held on May 26 in Bishkek. The forum is a platform for direct interaction on the most pressing issues of the development of Eurasian economic interaction, entrepreneurial activity in the EAEU, green energy, as well as the approximation of interregional relations and the formation of cooperative cooperation.

The business program consists of six panel discussions that include a discussion of the high degree of development of the Eurasian speed, opportunities for the economic stability of the EAEU states, issues in the field of industry, agro-industrial complex, energy, transport concentration, digital manifestations, as well as new sensations.-0-