MINSK, December 22 (RIA Novosti, Olesya Luchaninova) - The Belarusian government wants to triple GDP by 2010 against 1996, the country's premier said Thursday.
Sergei Sidorsky said at a meeting with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said the GDP has increased 42% from 2001 to 2005 and almost doubled since 1996.
He said Belarus is producing more high-technology products and 38% of the industry's volume is exported to the European Union.
The premier said Belarusian export deliveries had increased by 2.5-fold in the last five years.
According to Sidorsky, Belarus has one of the lowest inflation rates at just more than 6% this year and salaries increased to $250 against $70-80 in 2000.
