29 July 2002
Lukashenko visiting Brest region

 On July 26, Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko started on a tour of the country's regions to see how crops are being harvested, as well as to look into local socioeconomic problems, according to his press office. Mr. Lukashenko's first destination is the southwestern
region of Brest. He is reported to have already visited the districts of Baranovichi, Beryoza, Ivatsevichi, Kobrin, Lyakhovichi, Pruzhany and Zhabinka. The harvest can hardly be completed throughout the Brest
region by August 1, the deadline set by Mr. Lukashenko, BelaPAN was told by officials of the region's Committee on Agriculture and Foodstuffs. According to them, the crops are being harvested at a pace of 7.4 percent a day.