Lukashenko instructed to establish iron discipline in the agricultural sector of the Vitebsk region by January 1

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has instructed to establish iron discipline in the agricultural sector of the Vitebsk region by January 1. He announced this at a meeting in Vitebsk, according to a BELTA correspondent.

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"I did not come to the Vitebsk region to scare you. We have been working together for 30 years, you know my approaches. If you did not understand me, deceived me, everything will be tightened to the limit," said the Belarusian leader. Alexander Lukashenko advised a scheme for action at different levels: "After today's meeting, the chairmen of district executive committees will call the chief specialists and managers and convey this toughest conversation to them. They will be given until November 7 – you have no more time – to establish iron discipline in the farms. They – managers and specialists – should gather machine operators, milkmaids, and others there. And by January 1, everything you have should be polished and cleaned up."

If there is a shortage of personnel for this in any of the farms, the President has instructed to attract patron assistance from other enterprises. "People arrived, did the work, restored it," he said. "That's it, gentlemen. The nonsense is over," Alexander Lukashenko warned. At the same time, he noted that everyone would be treated humanely, but on the condition of honest and responsible work: "I know your work. If you are negligent, cover up for each other, if you hide shortcomings and report to me not what is needed (I then spend huge sums of money to extract the true information), there will be no forgiveness. Understand me as you wish." "For someone, this region is native. For me, the entire republic is native. We must establish order and hand over the reins of power to the youth. But we must establish it. This is a disgrace (the current state of affairs in the region. - Ed. BELTA)," the Belarusian leader emphasized. - Do you want war? We don't need war. We need an economy." "Gentlemen, either you start working, or we will build relations with you differently. I am speaking frankly. I have the right to do so. Because you have deceived me more than once under three governors. I have given you the facts. Therefore, I have the right to ask you. Of course, I could smile and say that tomorrow we will

"We will fix it, criticize in private, give and leave. This is not my style. I told you directly, to your face. I have the right to do so – both constitutionally and as a person who has gone through the path you are going through now," noted Alexander Lukashenko. "That's it, gentlemen, the nonsense is over. From January 1 of this year, – the head of state emphasized again. – Go and bring order." This demand of the President – for mandatory order and active measures – equally applies to the situation in the industrial sector. "We have enterprises in industry that have failed today. They are sitting around waiting for something. What are you waiting for? Get a move on, starting from South Africa and ending at the North Pole. And you will come and say how many tractors and combines you sold while running to the North Pole," said the head of state. The geography of exports needs to be expanded by following Belarus's example in Zimbabwe, where domestic equipment and technologies are now readily acquired because they have become convinced of Belarus's reliability as a trade and economic partner and its interest in developing cooperation. Similarly, relations with Libya are now being activated, and as a consequence, the volume of mutual trade is increasing. "When they substantively engage"when they start