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[00:11:03] A view from Minsk on what is happening in the world, the most notable
[00:11:07] events and topics that are discussed, exclusive opinions, important
[00:11:11] comments from expert guests. Time of Belarus on international air,
[00:11:14] with you Evgeny Kolechets, Ekaterina Strikha. Hello. In
[00:11:18] the capital of regional cooperation, Minsk, it hosted
[00:11:21] participants of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting. An open
[00:11:30] dialogue between legislators of Belarus and
[00:11:32] Uzbekistan,
[00:11:36] how the cooperation between countries acquires new practical
[00:11:39] dynamics, a teleconference with Tashkent, the main
[00:11:42] national holiday in China, as an occasion to look at
[00:11:45] the all-weather strategic partnership, where does
[00:11:49] one belt, one road lead us, we will discuss with the guest
[00:11:52] of the program. Tribute to the brave. Belarusian,
[00:11:55] developments of Minsk schoolchildren in Malaysia, a parade of Belarusian
[00:11:59] beauties in New York, we will tell what marks the time of Belarus in
[00:12:02] the world.
[00:12:07] Minsk once again confirmed the high status of the capital of regional
[00:12:11] cooperation and hosted another meeting of the Eurasian
[00:12:14] Intergovernmental Council. Yes, the choice of time and place is not accidental,
[00:12:18] the main topic was industrial cooperation, and the reason was
[00:12:21] the large-scale exhibition Inoprom Belarus, which worked
[00:12:25] in the capital from September 30 to October 2. The Eurasian
[00:12:28] Economic Union, as the most advanced format of integration,
[00:12:32] today especially needs high-tech innovative
[00:12:35] projects that will fill it with concrete deeds and
[00:12:38] achievements. The basis of cooperation in the scientific and technical
[00:12:42] sphere. The task of the government is to give a green light to new projects,
[00:12:45] to engage all mechanisms to eliminate obstacles on the path to
[00:12:49] deep and effective integration. This was discussed
[00:12:52] at the meeting in Minsk. I really do.
[00:13:25] Not only with us, look, in America, as soon as gasoline went up, that's it,
[00:13:28] revolution, uproar and so on, people look at
[00:13:32] life from the point of view of economics,
[00:13:34] you are the main people in your countries, in
[00:13:38] economic terms, God grant that everything works out, what
[00:13:41] you have outlined, as for Belarus, I want to
[00:13:45] assure you, and you will not blame me for anything, we
[00:13:49] took our course long ago, I have been working
[00:13:52] as president for too long and for a long time.
[00:15:33] A robot with technical vision for quality control, airplane models.
[00:15:37] Drone control systems, they also
[00:15:40] showed the first Belarusian-Russian 3D printer, an example of cooperation
[00:15:43] between the two countries, the expectation to see their partners, their
[00:15:46] customers, clients, to communicate, get feedback
[00:15:50] with colleagues, make some general plans,
[00:15:54] talk to competitors, so basically these are
[00:15:57] new acquaintances, new connections, new ideas, everything
[00:16:00] worked out, everything is great, a good exhibition, everything is done
[00:16:04] really well, very clearly, many people, many... came,
[00:16:08] we had friends from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, from
[00:16:12] Baku, our equipment in the Samara region
[00:16:14] is widely represented, we supplied trams and
[00:16:18] trolleybuses there, our modern trolleybuses are running
[00:16:21] in the city of Tolyatti, here in Samara, this modern
[00:16:25] model, the modern Algiers model, is not yet represented,
[00:16:29] and so that they could evaluate it,
[00:16:32] test it, try it, yes, that is, we
[00:16:35] worked out such an... agreement, new
[00:16:38] member countries, Iran and Cambodia. Foreign partners
[00:16:42] showed their novelties and held negotiations on
[00:16:44] cooperation. And the main event was the plenary session with
[00:16:48] the participation of the heads of governments of the EU countries.
[00:16:51] They discussed how to develop Eurasian industrial
[00:16:54] partnership, unite production chains,
[00:16:57] launch joint high-tech
[00:17:00] projects. Other sessions of the business program were dedicated
[00:17:03] to industrial cooperation between regions. Systemic
[00:17:06] export. Personnel in the industry and adaptation of the labor market to
[00:17:10] current
[00:17:10] realities.
[00:17:16] Uzbekistan hosted an inter-parliamentary forum in ancient
[00:17:19] Khiva, with a delegation led by the chairperson of the Council of the Republic, Natalya
[00:17:23] Kochanova. Belarus is aimed at expanding cooperation with
[00:17:26] Uzbekistan in all areas. This was stated by President Alexander
[00:17:30] Lukashenka in his greetings to the forum participants. The head of state also
[00:17:34] noted the symbolism of the choice of venue for the event. In
[00:17:37] the city, centuries-old traditions and the creative
[00:17:41] energy of modernity intertwine. An open dialogue with legislators
[00:17:44] of Belarus and Uzbekistan will allow to harmonize the regulatory and legal
[00:17:48] framework of the two countries, develop initiatives aimed at
[00:17:52] deepening political, economic and humanitarian
[00:17:55] ties, emphasized the head of state. Inter-parliamentary
[00:17:59] dialogue leads to concrete economic results, to the signing of
[00:18:02] a ready package of documents designed to give impetus to joint
[00:18:06] projects.
[00:18:39] have excellent human
[00:18:42] relations with each other, and through these human relations,
[00:18:46] relations are built both between the heads of states, and
[00:18:49] accordingly, between the government and parliaments, as you
[00:18:53] said, and business, of course, understands
[00:18:56] that the tasks that the president sets are quite
[00:18:59] ambitious, quite serious, but these
[00:19:02] tasks fit very well with the understanding
[00:19:06] and capabilities of business.
[00:19:15] Uzbekistan, and of course, first of all, we are talking about those
[00:19:18] projects that we see, that we are
[00:19:21] implementing here today, about those projects
[00:19:24] that we would like to see here, and
[00:19:27] accordingly, our presence as it is today and as we
[00:19:31] see it in some short-term perspective. In what
[00:19:35] assortment is Belarusian production represented on the market
[00:19:38] of Uzbekistan?
[00:19:41] Well, we can rightfully be proud that there is probably
[00:19:44] not a single branch of our national economy
[00:19:47] that would not be represented here in Uzbekistan. Yes,
[00:19:51] some are represented, perhaps, as fully
[00:19:54] as possible. Well, first of all, this is, of course, our agriculture
[00:19:58] and processing industry, that
[00:20:01] is, our meat and dairy products are present
[00:20:04] here. They are present
[00:20:07] in civilized retail, in so-called retail chains, they
[00:20:11] are present on the market, that is, it must be honestly understood that Uzbekistan is a country
[00:20:14] that is still strong in selling any
[00:20:18] goods on the market, and even official statistics say that no
[00:20:22] more than 15-16% is sold in stores, everything
[00:20:26] else is sold on the market. Do Belarusian
[00:20:29] goods manage to compete?
[00:20:33] The question is very difficult from the point of view
[00:20:36] that ours...
[00:20:39] first of all, everyone knows about the quality of our goods,
[00:20:43] everyone perfectly distinguishes what a product made
[00:20:46] according to GOST is or a product made according to technical specifications.
[00:21:21] And a person living in the capital should not feel this difference in terms of
[00:21:25] access to services, their purchasing
[00:21:28] power. Here it is exactly the same. Tashkent is, of course,
[00:21:32] the center of Uzbekistan, of course, here is the concentration
[00:21:35] of business, here is the concentration of tourists, they fly here, but
[00:21:38] you have to understand that we sell products not only here in Tashkent, we
[00:21:42] sell products in the regions, in the regions it is, of course, expensive
[00:21:46] today, that must be frankly admitted, but...
[00:21:50] in terms of quality, in
[00:21:52] terms of the huge number of young people who
[00:21:56] today prevail in Uzbekistan, the average
[00:21:59] age is 30 years - this is a young
[00:22:02] country, they perfectly understand what
[00:22:05] today's nutrition of a young, active
[00:22:09] young person is, no matter whether it's a boy or a girl, that is, it's both
[00:22:12] access to protein food and access to
[00:22:15] a diverse, so to speak, range of food products, multiplied by the Uzbek
[00:22:20] sun, vegetables and fruits, that's the component that exists,
[00:22:24] so, of course, we are very actively working in that direction, in order
[00:22:27] to ensure that the maximum number of our Belarusian brands
[00:22:30] are present here and not just present, but in order
[00:22:34] to have direct access, well, accordingly, to the Uzbek
[00:22:37] buyer. On what are efforts currently focused in promoting
[00:22:41] domestic products? Efforts are precisely focused on
[00:22:44] ensuring that the retail with which we interact
[00:22:48] moves as much as possible into the regions. That is, if in Tashkent we are very well
[00:22:52] known, we are both in Uzbek
[00:22:55] retail chains and are developing our own retail chain "Gifts of Belarus". If at
[00:22:59] the beginning of last year, only a few Uzbeks,
[00:23:02] a few Tashkent residents, knew about
[00:23:05] this chain, today it's 33
[00:23:08] stores, today it's the recognition of these thirty-three
[00:23:11] stores, and it's the understanding that in
[00:23:15] this store there's not just traditional milk,
[00:23:18] sour cream, bread, sausage.
[00:24:20] The question is probably very good and very correct. Well, first
[00:24:23] of all, who gets to know a country? Well, first politicians go and
[00:24:27] lay some foundation for interaction, although if
[00:24:31] there isn't such a political component,
[00:24:33] then citizens, by their nature, are always curious people, there are many people in
[00:24:37] every country who strive to learn about
[00:24:40] the world, so it seems to me that
[00:24:44] today we see this
[00:24:47] interest not
[00:24:50] Asia, only in... Belarus, we see a huge number
[00:24:53] of tourists from Europe, from Southeast
[00:24:57] from the Gulf, who come here, not only to Uzbekistan, that is,
[00:25:01] these are tours that cover all of Central Asia, that
[00:25:04] is, Central Asia, that is, today
[00:25:08] there is interest in this history, many
[00:25:11] people can say in different ways what
[00:25:15] kind of history it has, here there is a three-thousand-year
[00:25:18] history of people who. when
[00:25:20] I
[00:25:24] came here, well, I was told that the mentality
[00:25:28] of Uzbek citizens and Belarusian citizens is very similar, until
[00:25:31] you live here for some time, you won't feel it, it's the mentality,
[00:25:36] in fact, we are very similar, two nations that are very
[00:25:39] hardworking, that is, they create themselves through their
[00:25:42] labor, God, when he created
[00:25:45] the earth, well, he also did not give many useful minerals, as
[00:25:48] they say, to other countries,
[00:27:03] On October 1st, China celebrated its main national holiday, the Day of
[00:27:07] the Formation of the People's Republic of China. Belarusian President
[00:27:10] Alexander Lukashenka sent congratulations to Chinese President
[00:27:13] Xi Jinping. All-weather and strategic, also friendly and
[00:27:17] partnership-based, this is how relations between Belarus and
[00:27:20] China are characterized. This is a vivid example of exemplary cooperation between
[00:27:23] countries, aimed at joint development in accordance with
[00:27:27] the Shanghai Spirit. This development is reflected in a number of really working
[00:27:31] successful projects.
[00:29:02] language, also in our activities we emphasize holding
[00:29:06] events aimed at familiarizing Belarusian citizens with
[00:29:09] Chinese achievements in science and technology, and why precisely
[00:29:13] the emphasis on science and technology, and not on language, culture, for example?
[00:29:17] Historically, it so happened that the founding
[00:29:20] institutions are the Belarusian National Technical University, which is
[00:29:23] a leading technical university in our country, and the Northeastern
[00:29:27] University in Shenyang, which is one of the leading
[00:29:30] technical universities in China.
[00:29:33] We all clearly see that in recent years, student exchanges between
[00:29:36] Belarus and China have significantly grown and increased. What
[00:29:40] do you think attracts Chinese youth to our
[00:29:43] country? Chinese students, specifically
[00:29:46] those who participate in our events or with whom we communicate,
[00:29:50] note the fact that Belarus has a very strong
[00:29:54] engineering education, which allows them, upon arrival in
[00:29:57] China, to show themselves as qualified workers,
[00:30:01] they also note the... very good safety in
[00:30:04] our country, during their
[00:30:07] studies in Belarus, they find good friends
[00:30:11] and comrades among our citizens,
[00:30:14] well, that means that engineering personnel are valued, and
[00:30:18] we draw technologies from China, not
[00:30:21] human resources? Here we can say, 50/50,
[00:30:24] that is, coming here, Chinese
[00:30:27] students, yes, receive fundamental
[00:30:31] engineering education.
[00:30:33] But they use it within their technologies, that is,
[00:30:37] we lay the foundation, but
[00:30:39] they apply these knowledge to their production, to
[00:30:43] their technologies in China, that is, the training modules in
[00:30:47] Belarus are at a high level. Vladimir,
[00:30:50] interest in the scientific and educational sphere is growing year
[00:30:54] by year between Belarus and China, how are things now in
[00:30:58] this area, learning Chinese?