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Aliaksandr Lukashenka has announced plans to build a new nitrogen fertiliser plant and called for increased production of phosphate fertilisers. He made the remarks at a meeting on modern approaches to regional development on November 9, according to Lukashenka’s press service.
Lukashenka recalled that Belarus had sent a trial shipment of potash fertilisers to the United States. He stressed that Belarusian farmers should receive fertilisers as a priority and said that proper storage facilities and warehouses needed to be built.
“They must not be left out in the open. There will be no forgiveness for that. Fertilisers are worth a considerable amount of money today. Even the Americans are asking me to supply them with potash fertilisers. We have sent a trial shipment. We are unloading it. But our priority is to ensure supplies for our own farmers,” Lukashenka said.
According to Lukashenka, Belarus is planning to build a new nitrogen fertiliser plant.
“Moreover, we are currently exploring the possibility of building another plant to produce nitrogen fertilisers. We are working very actively on phosphate fertilisers. Personally, I would like us to produce larger quantities of phosphate fertilisers. Then we will have a complete range. And today, buyers are willing to pay a lot of money for these compound fertilisers,” he said.
As a reminder, in September this year, during a meeting with Aleksei Russkikh, governor of Russia’s Ulyanovsk Region, Lukashenka proposed building a nitrogen fertiliser plant jointly with Gazprom to sell its products to the United States.