The President's Address is a strategic document for the further development of the country - A.Kosinets

May 9, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The President's Address to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly is a tactical and strategic document for the further development of the country. This opinion was expressed to a BELTA correspondent by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets. According to the chairman of the regional executive committee, the President delivered a very strong address, in which he fully characterized the domestic and foreign policy of the state, its socio-economic development, and clearly showed what Belarus is striving for. "First of all, the head of state conceptually focused on issues of international cooperation. Whoever tries to influence the Belarusian people, it is useless: we cannot be broken. Only through dialogue, agreements, building friendly relations on the principles of mutual respect and partnership can we achieve success in politics. It is necessary to give an objective assessment of the processes taking place in Belarus, because our people deserve respectful treatment: we have always worked peacefully and did not claim any conquests," said Alexander Kosinets. "The head of state's speech emphasized the development of the country's potential through modernization, the creation of modern enterprises, and the introduction of innovations in the production sector and the agro-industrial complex, which will increase the competitiveness of Belarusian products and thereby improve people's quality of life," the governor noted. In the Vitebsk region, 228 dairy farms will be modernized for this purpose. In total, 103 new farms are planned to be built during the current five-year period. "The address also noted the need for cooperation with the leading countries of the world, examined in detail issues related to export-import relations, and paid special attention to the development of housing construction as a locomotive for the entire economy. Thus, the President fully covered the economic block of issues, gave a detailed characteristic of development approaches, and set relevant tasks. Moreover, one of the most important is to ensure that the average salary reaches $500 by the end of the year," the head of the region stated, noting that the Vitebsk region is carrying out targeted work to reach an average salary of $400 by the end of the first half of the year. In general, the address touched upon all pressing issues related to pricing policy, people's quality of life, the construction sector, the provision of benefits and housing, and compensation for lost deposits in the 1990s. The head of state gave exhaustive and sincere answers to all questions, therefore, in essence, the address is a call to action, Alexander Kosinets noted. He believes that the main task on which all efforts should be focused is to increase labor productivity. "Only in this way can we achieve a good salary and level the price disparity with Russia and Kazakhstan. But for this, we need to work well and diligently," the governor concluded. -0-