{"id":195617,"date":"2026-07-14T13:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195617\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:14:25","slug":"lukasenka-frantically-selling-his-decision-to-bring-workers-from-uzbekistan-to-local-officials","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195617\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka frantically selling his decision to bring workers from Uzbekistan to local officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka meeting with officials\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka's press office)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

July<\/strong> 14, <\/strong>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka defended his decision to invite migrant workers from Uzbekistan to Belarus in televised comments made during his trips to the economically depressed districts in the Mahilo\u016d and Viciebsk regions yesterday and today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move is intended to address severe labor shortages in the country, he said during his tour of \u0160klo\u016d district in the Mahilo\u016d region yesterday. \u201cWe cannot get by without hiring workers from outside,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian leader was accompanied by Shukhratbek Abdurakhmanov, hokim of Uzbekistan\u2019s Andijan region, on his trip to the Or\u0161a district today, according to his press office.  \u201cWe will benefit from it. The Viciebsk region will receive a development boost. We will work like brothers! Don\u2019t doubt it,\u201d he told local officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have more or less normal housing in villages. We will work together to renovate it\u2026 Uzbeks or Belarusians, it makes no difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler turned to Uzbekistan after his similar effort to bring workers from Pakistan had failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 9, \u0141uka\u0161enka said after meeting Uzbekistan\u2019s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Minsk that he invited migrant workers from Uzbekistan to come to Belarus with their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe like Uzbeks here, so I would like to see more of your people come here with their families, even more than Pakistanis. In the agricultural sector, we provide housing, free education and healthcare, the same conditions we offer Belarusians. In cities, you may need to wait a little longer, but housing will become available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year ago, \u0141uka\u0161enka and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed a mechanism to bring up to 150,000 Pakistani workers to address labor shortages exacerbated by emigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in March, Pakistan\u2019s Emigration and Employment Office removed all Belarus-related construction jobs from its website after no applications had been submitted for four months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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