Lukashenko: & laquo; We react to every ball, so should not be & raquo;

The results of the social and economic development of Belarus for 2019 and the assessment of the results of the five-year plan were summed up on March 17 in the presidential palace Alexander Lukashenko and about half a dozen officials of the highest rank. This is reported by the press service of the President of Belarus. Lukashenko said that the post-Soviet republic pays too much attention to the price at which oil will be bought and in what volumes, the exchange rate of the partner countries, and the restrictions they impose on the Belarusian side. He noted: We react to any ball. It shouldn 't be like that. We are a small country with an open economy. That is why we must be able to adapt flexibly to the objective conditions in which the world around us lives and be able to work with everyone. Read on this topic: Belarus and alternative oil: Lukashenko's goal to hurt Russia This year is the last in the five-year plan. Therefore, in addition to the reports, we would like to have an assessment of the results with which we are completing this five-year plan. I have carefully examined the submissions and reports. We will listen to the authors today. However, there is nothing to praise, acknowledged the permanent Belarusian leader. Of the achievements he declared: real disposable incomes of the population, including wages, pensions, increased by 6%, low inflation rate of 4.7% was achieved, gold and foreign exchange reserves increased by one third, gross external debt was slightly reduced. Of the failures: four of the seven most important indicators of the official forecast, according to which the efficiency of the activities of the Council of Ministers and the National Bank is assessed, have not been achieved. In particular, the tasks to increase exports, inflow of foreign investment, increase productivity and increase GDP have failed. Read the story news: The economic crisis in Belarus Most of all, I am concerned that the elimination of key problems that constrain the economy is too slow. I am afraid that it is formal. The economy has not reached such a degree of stability as to surely resist external influence: political sentiment, external shocks and other kinds of shocks, Lukashenko said to his subordinates.