Belarus has earned a reputation in the West as a responsible partner - A. Lukashenko

May 4, Minsk /BELTA/. Belarus has earned a reputation in the West as a responsible partner. This was stated today by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in an interview with Reuters news agency, BELTA was informed by the press service of the head of state. "International financial institutions are willing to cooperate with us because they know that if we promise something, we will definitely fulfill it," Alexander Lukashenko noted. The President recalled that recently Belarus has been building very fruitful relations with the West in business and finance, and contacts with the IMF, the World Bank, and the EBRD are developing. "That is, a lot has been done here," he emphasized. The head of state also noted the existence of contacts in the political sphere at all levels, including the presidential level. "Recently, we have done a lot to build normal, good-neighborly relations with our Western partners," Alexander Lukashenko emphasized. At the same time, the Belarusian leader added: "If we take all cooperation as a whole, I would not say that everything we expected has been done, and that the West has met us halfway." -0-