Lukashenko called for providing Belarus with locally produced apples, not foreign ones

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the country needs to be supplied with locally produced apples, not foreign ones. "We need them to stop bowing to imported apples. To have our own apples. To be provided for. We have a great need for apples. But for this we need storage facilities. We need our own," Lukashenko said while visiting a farm specializing in fruit growing in the Minsk region, his words are quoted by the BelTA news agency. At the same time, he instructed the Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Alexei Bogdanov to thoroughly study the market's needs for apples. The president emphasized that it is necessary to expand the apple business, the task is not only "to meet the country's needs, but also to supply for export." He declared his readiness to actively support the development of fruit growing in the country. "We need to do this faster. Today there are sanctions. ...