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00:00:00an exchange of cadets, somewhere we exchange
00:00:04experience based on the results of scientific research, somewhere
00:00:07we help with the organization of specialist training,
00:00:11these can be short-term training programs, this can be classic
00:00:15education over 4 years
00:00:18in the field of higher education, and thus
00:00:21quite active cooperation
00:00:22is being carried out.
00:00:31A view from Minsk on what is happening in the world. The most notable events and
00:00:35topics being discussed. Exclusive opinions and important
00:00:38comments from expert guests. Belarus and Uzbekistan are
00:00:42strategic partners. We are actively developing a bilateral dialogue
00:00:45in the areas of trade, industry, as well as agriculture and tourism. In
00:00:492018-2016, our trade turnover between
00:00:53our countries was only 200 million and even lower.
00:00:56Today, we are already approaching the 1 billion mark.
00:01:14In Belarus, the basic principles of the Shanghai Cooperation
00:01:17Organization are close. Relations between the two countries are developing in all
00:01:21directions. The parties discussed development issues and agreed to
00:01:24strengthen cooperation with China in the fields of education, healthcare,
00:01:28and people's diplomacy.
00:01:31Belarusian and Chinese ophthalmologists signed a memorandum of
00:01:34cooperation. Chinese colleagues proposed organizing a mutual exchange of
00:01:37doctors for training. According to the Belarusian side, the project will benefit
00:01:41the health of citizens of both countries. The pulse of
00:01:44the country on international air. Belarus time
00:01:47every Saturday on TV channel Belarus
00:01:5124.
00:02:18Hello, this is Simple Economy with Alexey Avdonin. Let's start with
00:02:22Europe. In June, an abnormal heatwave swept
00:02:25across the continent, it hit wheat at
00:02:29its most sensitive point.
00:02:39According to the Financial Times, citing the association of European
00:02:44grain traders, in just 4 weeks after the start of the heatwave,
00:02:48the forecast for grain production in the EU and the UK was cut by
00:02:52almost 9 million tons, in
00:02:55money it's more than 2 billion euros,
00:02:58approximately 5% of the expected cost
00:03:01of the entire harvest. 9 million tons -
00:03:05this is not an abstraction, it's more than the entire
00:03:08forecast grain harvest of Austria, Ireland and
00:03:12the Netherlands combined, and this is estimated to be the worst
00:03:16harvest in the EU and Britain since 2018.
00:03:19What does this essentially mean? Unified
00:03:23Europe has spent decades building an image of a
00:03:26well-fed, confident region, but
00:03:29one hot wave is enough for the entire system
00:03:32to crack. Less grain, more expensive bread,
00:03:36more expensive feed, more expensive meat and milk. In essence, Europe
00:03:40is entering autumn and winter with a question that until
00:03:43recently seemed unthinkable: will there be enough
00:03:46food of its own? And now let's see how things are with
00:03:50us, and the contrast here is fundamental. While the EU is
00:03:54counting losses, in Belarus the harvesting campaign
00:03:57of 2026 is underway and... it is under
00:04:00the personal control of the head of state. On July 21, Alexander
00:04:04Grigoryevich Lukashenko held a conference call
00:04:07on harvesting, and before that he personally visited the
00:04:10regions, Orsha, Minsk region, demanding
00:04:13one thing: to ensure full readiness of equipment,
00:04:17to exclude crop losses. The figures speak for themselves:
00:04:20the average yield of grain in the country is almost 43
00:04:24centners per hectare, and the increase in yield is happening in all, without
00:04:28exception, regions. The task set by the president is extremely
00:04:32specific: the gross harvest of grain must exceed
00:04:3511 million tons and definitely surpass last
00:04:39year's results. A minimum threshold for the pace has also been set - not
00:04:43less than 6% of the areas per day, and the optimal
00:04:467-8%. Separately, the head of state demanded
00:04:50to strictly fight false reports. One must
00:04:53count real, not paper bread.
00:04:56The harvest for us is not just an agrarian company.
00:05:00it is, as aptly put, a food
00:05:03exam for the whole country, it is passed not by those who
00:05:07were lucky with the weather, but by those who built a system of
00:05:10order. That is why
00:05:12not only the village works, law enforcement agencies,
00:05:16military, the entire vertical are involved, the bread is harvested by the entire
00:05:20state, hence a simple conclusion: food
00:05:23security has ceased to be a peaceful topic, today
00:05:27it is an element of the country's security as
00:05:30a whole, just like defense or
00:05:32energy. Where the land is treated as
00:05:36a residual principle, one heatwave turns into
00:05:40billions in losses and talk... of hunger. For
00:05:43us, food security is ensured, our own bread
00:05:47will be there, the main thing for us is to work calmly
00:05:51to improve the well-being of our families
00:05:54and the entire Belarusian people, while some count losses,
00:05:58we count in tons, this was simple economics with
00:06:01Alexey Avdonin.
00:06:32The most interesting Belarusian enterprises and farms, what
00:06:36a man cannot do, a woman can, it's
00:06:40just like a barrier.