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Article: Belarus: people & economy. (Ambassador Valery Tsepkalo)(Interview)
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- Presidents & Prime Ministers
- Article date:
- November 1, 1997
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Question
What are your country's resources for funding major infrastructure and industrial products in your country?
Answer
Belarus possesses considerable intellectual resources (scientists, engineers and qualified workers) which represents the main resource for economic growth.
As far as material and natural resources are concerned, basic resources required for industrial development (metals, oil and coal), unfortunately, are limited in Belarus. For example, the total amount of the known oil reserves in Belarus is 40 million tons. The annual oil extraction is 2 million tons, while Belarus requires 17 to 20 million tons of oil ...