“Because of the sanctions, almost all of Belarus’ exports to the countries of the European Union and North America were blocked, relatively speaking, this is an amount that is about $16-18 billion a year,” he said, a fragment of the interview was published by the Belarus 1 TV channel.
Minsk is working on the reorientation of exports, the Prime Minister stressed.
“Naturally, we cannot lose this volume of exports, we must reorient it to other markets, including Asian, African, and the markets of the Middle East,” Golovchenko added.
Earlier, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the country to settle its external debt in the national currency.