Degtyarev: Russia and Belarus will jointly resist sanctions and implement joint projects

May 13, Mogilev. RUSSIA and Belarus will jointly oppose sanctions and implement joint projects. Mikhail Degtyarev, Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory of Russia, told journalists about this during his visit to the Mogilev Region, BelTA has learned.

“Cooperation between the Khabarovsk Territory and Belarus has a long history, we have been actively buying and will continue to buy agricultural products,” said Mikhail Degtyarev. “Today we visited the processing sector in the Mogilev region, in particular the Mogilev MEAT processing plant. entrepreneurs - owners and managers of all large retail chains, which occupy 80% of our market. All of them are determined to conclude direct contracts - without intermediaries. I am sure that in the next 3-4 months this will lead to a significant increase in trade between Khabarovsk region and Belarus".

According to Mikhail Degtyarev, the issue of developing the meat and dairy industry is relevant for the Khabarovsk Territory: “During the meeting with ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO, we discussed the creation of joint ventures, we will definitely see a dairy farm created by Belarusian engineers and builders, and we will build the same one here. there is a great demand for the development of dairy and beef cattle breeding.The need is to provide ourselves with 90% MILK, while today we have only 8.5%.There is room to grow, there is someone to grow with - and this will definitely be the Belarusian side.All the former business "The models and business projects of our farmers and peasants were directed and sharpened on Western technologies. But we see that the West is treacherously beginning to restrain us - both Russia and Belarus. This means that we will oppose sanctions together and implement joint projects. We have money,Belarusians have experience and modern technologies, we will help each other."

The delegation of the Khabarovsk Territory included, among other things, business representatives who, after the sanctions policy of the West, began to completely rebuild their logistics and commodity chains. First of all, Belarus as a Union State became a reference point. Thus, the Khabarovsk Territory intends to purchase BELAZ, MAZ equipment, buses, road equipment, production lines for dairy farming in our country. There is an interest in building up cooperation in the agro-industrial complex and the intention to implement a joint project to build a dairy farm. The Russians also experience a shortage of specialists in the construction industry, as a significant number of large infrastructure facilities are being built in the region.

“The Americans turn us off, shoot themselves in the foot, lose a huge market in our face, so Russian business is looking towards Belarus,” Mikhail Degtyarev emphasized. gold, copper, tin. They will all sign agreements and contracts for the coming years."

As noted in the Economics Committee of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee, in January-March 2022, the trade turnover of the region with the Khabarovsk Territory amounted to $126.6 thousand and increased by 25 times compared to the corresponding period of 2021. Due to the absence of import purchases, it was completely formed due to EXPORT, the basis of which was the supply of tires, liquid pumps, bread and FLOUR confectionery.