According to the industry minister, the dynamics of bilateral trade are positive by and large, however there is still a lot of untapped potential in trade and economic cooperation. “Technological independence should become the basis of our interaction,

Lipetsk Oblast is one of our most important trade and economic partners in the Russian Federation. We have good trade turnover. It was close to $334 million in 2022. But it is already history while we have to think about the future now.

Bilateral trade over the past year totaled $330 million. "The figure is not bad, but half a billion is better," Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.