Linen fabrics are gold. After a while it will actually be a cloth worth its weight in gold."
During the meeting of the republican seminar on modern approaches to regional development, Alexander Lukashenko identified the cultivation of flax as one of the strategic directions of the Sheklov region and most other regions of the country. The president emphasized that the republic preserved and modernized the Orsha linen mill, found the best equipment in the world for it, and today produces high-quality fabrics that are in demand.
The head of state drew an analogy to cotton, which in Central Asian countries is picked by hand and is considered "white gold", and noted that Belarus should not abandon its traditional culture either.
According to the president, now the main task is to bring the local linen industry to an even higher technological level.