MINSK, 7 April (BelTA) – Belarusian civil servants, from heads of district administrations to ministers, will use only Belarusian-made automobiles as their company cars. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko gave a corresponding instruction when he attended the exposition of new samples of equipment made at Belarusian machine-building enterprises on 7 April, BelTA has learned.

The exposition featured an executive car, which is planned to be made at SZAO BelGee in Q3 2016. The President spoke in positive terms about the new car and said that it is comfortable, well-equipped and has a good design. “There will be no imported cars for civil servants, except for the prime minister, vice premiers and top-ranking officials,” the head of state said.

Alexander Lukashenko explained that it is not needed to replace all cars instantaneously because it would cost a lot. It is needed to replace cars gradually, when necessary. “We should buy our cars; moreover, they are twice as cheap as German ones,” the Belarusian leader noted.

“You said that this is a good car, therefore, civil servant should buy it. I instruct Sheiman (Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate. – BelTA's note) to work on this issue, to determine how many cars are needed for the entire vertical, ranging from executive committees' chairmen to ministers,” the President said.

“The main thing is that we are making them here. Our plants will provide immediate maintenance if needed,” the Belarusian leader concluded.