Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at the meeting of the EAEU Intergovernmental Council with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin that the “pessimistic forecasts” for the Russian economy in 2022 did not come true and gave good results. It has been reported DEA News.
“I am very impressed with the performance of the Russian economy in 2022. The gloomy prophecies of the enemies did not come true, could not come true. “Russia came first, as always, and of course this is a huge personal achievement for you and your entire team,” said Golovchenko.
He congratulated the Russian government for the “excellent results” achieved through “well-coordinated work and thoughtful decisions” in a difficult economic situation.
Golovchenko also pointed to the success of the Belarusian economy, which has shown to be quite stable despite “great vulnerability to external shocks due to openness”. The prime minister said there is a positive trade balance, the volume of foreign direct investment has increased and the labor market has remained stable.
Earlier Roman Golovchenko, after negotiations with Mikhail Mishustin declarationThat the intergovernmental agreement on the transit of Belarusian goods through the territory of Russia provides for the creation of preferential tariffs for their transit over the Russian infrastructure.