Lukashenko hosts meeting to discuss Belarus’ banking sector

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko started the working week with a discussion of the situation in the country’s banking sector on 24 October, BelTA has learned.

Invited to attend the meeting were Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus Pavel Kallaur, First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov, Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Maksim Yermolovich, and President’s Aide Valery Belsky.

The head of state set forth a number of issues before the participants of the meeting and suggested discussing a wide range of topics. They included the work of the banking system under sanctions pressure, settlements of economic entities in foreign trade operations, cooperation with banks in Asia, a region that is now actively developing and gaining worldwide importance. The issues discussed also comprised support for the real economy, availability of loans, inflation, and participation of the banking system in integration projects with the Russian Federation.