Belarus' economic dividends from integration with Russia pointed out

The policy in favor of integration with Russia is generating economic dividends for Belarus. Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko mentioned it during a government conference hosted by Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko to review the fulfillment of integration programs of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learned. Roman Golovchenko is convinced that the previously adopted policy towards integration with Russia and towards the realization of Union State programs had been the right and timely move. Roman Golovchenko reminded that back in the day the programs were discussed and adopted in a slightly different geopolitical environment.

“I don't think it is a coincidence that we've chosen this policy, that we've followed this path that is now generating certain economic dividends for us. It is a deliberate decision made by the heads of state. They identified the movement trajectory, the tasks that the government agencies in charge of realizing the Union State programs face.

The government is united in the opinion that the programs are working for the benefit of Belarus,” the prime minister stressed. Speaking figuratively, Roman Golovchenko noted that the government conference hosted by the head of state had “pronounced the final diagnosis”: in the course of implementing the Union State programs Belarus lost not a single gram of sovereignty and continues making decisions in the social and economic sphere at the national level absolutely on its own. According to Roman Golovchenko, both Belarus and Russia are advancing quite well in the realization of the Union State programs.