Lukashenko: Time has proved the correctness of decisions on Chernobyl regions

Time has proved the correctness of the decisions made to develop the regions affected by the Chernobyl disaster, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said on 26 April as he heard our the report on the progress made in overcoming the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, BelTA has learned.

The president noted that he always visited the affected regions on the anniversary of the Chernobyl tragedy. This time however he decided to hear out the reports on the development of these territories in Minsk. The president explained that the weather conditions were not good yet. This was the main reason for postponing his working trip to these regions.

“We will of course implement the program that has been planned at the presidential level, but we will do it a little later,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “I would like today, before going there, to get information on how the plans we have outlined and the instructions I gave during my recent meetings with people and visits to the Chernobyl regions are being implemented.”