According to him, the most important task on the economic agenda is the development of a full-fledged free trade zone. “We are interested in the prompt completion of the draft agreement on free trade in services. The use of the potential of this sector is in the interests of all the CIS countries. We must admit, however, that the process of preparing the agreement at the expert level is running over time. I think it is appropriate to set strict time limits for the final revision of the document,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.
“Dear colleagues, let us not fool each other. The further we delay the process of our economic unity, the more reasons emerge for us all (the states) to look in the other direction, looking for a better future somewhere else, as I said at the EAEU summit. It is just unclear for what,” the Belarusian head of state said.
In his words, the CIS is a huge market. “Let us work closer with each other. Let us further build our economic relations, create interest for each state,” the Belarusian leader said. The president stressed that a person or a state should be interested in joining any organization. “Attempting to make some state toe the line, humiliate it in some way... Look at what is going on in the world. Everyone starts fighting against each other. We need to become more united, to be as one. It is especially important today as we are approaching the 75th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. We were one. Everybody fought shoulder to shoulder for the common goal,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.