Lukashenko: Time to seriously take care of Belarusian science
Meetings will soon be organized with top officials of the National Bank and of the National Academy of Sciences. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement as he met with top officials of the Belarus President Administration on 12 June, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “In the near future we will organize a similar conference at the presidential level with personnel and top officials of the National Bank. Then we will have to organize and carry out a congress of scientists. It is necessary to seriously take care of science. The Belarus President Administration has practically excluded this field and I don’t see efforts to organize the process of scientific work. Particularly the acquisition of results.”
The head of state explained that the need to organize a conference at premises of the National Academy of Sciences had been prompted by recent personnel management decisions among other things. Vladimir Karanik was appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on 22 May. He had been a deputy prime minister before that. The president dropped hints that it was not the only personnel change and more would follow. “Due to changes that have happened and will happen in the leadership of the Academy of Sciences [it is necessary to organize a topical conference]. The changes that will happen represent a topic that concerns not only myself but primarily you,” he said.
