OREANDA-NEWS 26 import-substituting projects are being implemented in Belarus at the expense of a Russian loan, First Deputy Minister of Industry of the republic Andrei Konyushko said on Monday on the air of the state television channel STV.

"Speaking about industrial cooperation with our main partner, I would like to say that we have found common ground. 26 integration processes are being implemented at the expense of a Russian loan," said the first deputy head of the Ministry of Industry of Belarus.

"Therefore, in all these areas, in the automotive industry, in aircraft construction, and in the production of components, systematic daily work is underway to implement those projects that will ensure not even import substitution, but the import independence of our Union State," he stressed.