29 May 2025

Lukashenko urges to increase potato production to meet needs of Belarus, Russia

We need to produce enough potatoes to supply both Belarus and Russia, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Governor of Brest Oblast Piotr Parkhomchik to receive his report, BelTA has learned.

"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.

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