President: Belarus and European Union made significant progress in development of mutual relations

Belarus and the European Union have made significant progress in the development of relations. This was stated by President Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting with the European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources.

Günther Oettinger is visiting our country these days. If there are problems between Minsk and Brussels, they are certainly not of chronic nature and should be resolved. The European Union is the second largest market for Belarusian exports. At the end of 2018 the trade with the EU showed a positive trend. The trade turnover showed an almost 20% growth and exceeded 17 billion dollars. And we supply more to the EU than we buy. This is important, given that we purposefully diversify foreign trade.

In general, the relations between Minsk and Brussels in recent years have been developing in a positive way. This is confirmed by the frequency of visits by European politicians. Last year there was a record number of contracts with EU governments and European structures.