It is important to establish clear selection criteria for awarding the rank of academician and corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to review the performance of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) on 30 July, BelTA has learned.

Now the process of electing members of the Academy of Sciences is underway. The president noted that the major criteria is the importance of scientific developments for the state. It is also important to have your own school of intellectual tradition that attracts young people to science. "If there are no successors of ideas, there is no continuity, then there is no science," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

Then, according to him, elections will be held in accordance with the updated charter of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the regulations on elections. "Nomination to the rank of academician and corresponding member should be based on real contribution to the domestic economy. Are our scientists at the forefront of solving strategic economic and social problems?" the president said.

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