OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2009. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko demanded that all the social and economic development targets set for 2010 be absolutely fulfilled. The head of state has held a meeting to discuss the key social and economic development targets of Belarus in 2010.

“It has become traditional to discuss topical issues of our state’s development. This practice has proved efficient; it enables us to timely coordinate the activities of the national and local authorities. Promptitude is what we badly need today,” the President said.

“Several weeks are left before the new year starts. The other day I have signed fundamental documents setting the objectives of the social and economic development for this period,” the head of state reminded. The President approved the most important forecasts and targets of the monetary policy of the Republic of Belarus. A law on the national budget will be adopted in the near future.

“To put it straight, the targets that we set are extremely high and ambitious. But their fulfillment is a matter of honour for us,” Alexander Lukashenko underlined. He added that it makes no sense to speculate whether these targets are high or not. The documents have been approved, they have become a law. “However we should understand that only by materializing our goals we will be able to make up for the setback caused by the global crisis, restore the high economic growth rate, complete the current five-year term successfully and fulfill everything that we pledged at the Third All-Belarus People's Assembly. Of course, we have to spare no effort to achieve this,” the President added.

We have talked about it a lot. Everybody knows what goals we have to meet. Today we need to discuss how we are going to reach them, Alexander Lukashenko said.

There is no force majeure like last year, the head of state said. The global economy and the neighboring markets are recovering. “Let’s work, look for new approaches to getting these goals implemented,” the President urged.

“We are not going to cover all the problems during this meeting because it precedes the big meeting which will sum up the 2009 results. It is when we will assess the performance of all management bodies for the past four years. We will analyze in detail what has been done. If necessary, we will adjust the actions of all managerial structures to end the five-year term on a good note,” Alexander Lukashenko said.

Today’s meeting focuses on the main areas of work to reverse the negative tendencies in the economy and the 2010 goals. Urgent issues of foreign trade, economic and social life are also discussed.