"This issue has become a hot topic, especially after Vladimir Putin made a joke about this at a meeting in the Kremlin the day before. This issue is very serious for us. Because if there is anything we are very good at, it is growing potatoes. We need to produce enough potatoes to provide for both Belarus and Russia," the head of state said.
"We need to help our Russian kin people. And besides, we will earn good money from it," Aleksandr Lukashenko added.
The president is confident that there will be demand for potatoes, especially considering the negative impact of frost on crops in neighboring countries.
Aleksandr Lukashenko gave similar instructions regarding the production of other vegetables: beets, cabbage, carrot, and onion. “We have once again come to the conclusion that we need stabilization stocks. Today we should think about where we will store all these fruits and vegetables," he said.
