Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko received a report from Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate Yuri Nazarov, BelTA has learned.

The head of state wondered about the operation of the enterprises and organizations run by the property management directorate and primarily about the existing shortcomings. Personnel management was another item on the agenda of the working meeting. “Results in a nutshell. Primarily where things are bad. I know about heroism. But where is it bad? And personnel. You’d suggested we discuss this matter,” the president said. According to Yuri Nazarov, the overall performance of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate is quite good but once the analysis of the situation went down to individual enterprises, existing shortcomings were unearthed. “We’ve held a review session of the board and sorted out things. We didn’t look at the ‘average temperature in the hospital’ but at individual enterprises,” he said. After the meeting Yuri Nazarov told reporters that the Belarus President Property Management Directorate can see what individuals underperform and the relevant evaluations had been made. “We will fix the situation. I told the president how we started this year. We started it very well. The only thing that we will keep an eye on now is the export of merchandise and services,” he said. The official explained that while, for instance, tourism services are doing fine because people keep coming, sanatoriums are in demand, and there is growth dynamics, but there are certain problems with merchandise export. “We know how to resolve them. We may hold an expanded conference in late March and will assign tasks. I think we will fix the situation,” Yuri Nazarov is convinced. He also noted that if one looks at performance figures over a period of five years, then performance across the Belarus President Property Management Directorate matches previously set targets: “We are keeping up with the export target set for the five-year term. We worked a bit better in the past. We have slowed down a bit now. But due to objective reasons. You know we had to redirect the export of timber products due to sanctions. As for manufacturing, things are more or less fine.” Personnel matters were also discussed during the working meeting. “We will submit a number of proposals to the president on how to fill vacancies, including executive ones, in our system,” Yuri Nazarov remarked.