22 April, Minsk /Olga Belyavskaya - BELTA/. There has been no distribution of state property in Belarus, nor will there be. This was stated today at a Council of Ministers meeting by Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, according to a BELTA correspondent. "If we are talking about privatisation, then ours is compensatory, conducted on a competitive basis, for money," the Prime Minister emphasised. "If a state or communal object or part thereof is sold, these funds should not be dissolved into current consumption, but directed towards the creation of new state and communal property objects." The Prime Minister noted that some people often talk about the distribution of state property in Belarus. Mikhail Myasnikovich considers such conversations to be unfounded. "There has been no distribution of state property in Belarus, nor will there be," he said. "I have instructed the Chairman of the State Property Committee to consider this issue comprehensively with the regional executive committees." The head of government expressed concern about the work on attracting foreign direct investment in the Vitebsk region, and also stressed that there is no clarity in this work for the Brest, Gomel regional executive committees and Minsk either. "The issues of inconsistency between the regional and sectoral levels were once again raised by a number of regional leaders," Mikhail Myasnikovich noted. "I regard this as a certain helplessness of the Ministry of Economy and the economy committees of the respective regional executive committees." According to the Prime Minister, all these issues should have been resolved last year. Mikhail Myasnikovich drew attention to the fact that the work on attracting foreign direct investment carried out by light industry enterprises is also of extreme concern. "Investments have decreased by almost half, there are practically no foreign sources and none are in sight," he stated. A similar situation has developed at the enterprises of the "Belbiofarm" concern. They have been set small, "even tiny" targets for attracting foreign investment, but even these volumes are not being met. "Energy construction projects are in a very difficult situation, with about a third of the real funding sources missing for this year's planned volumes," the Prime Minister emphasised. In the current situation, he demanded an open discussion of the indicated problems from the ministries, primarily the Ministry of Economy. "This should be an open discussion, not lamentations about something not having worked out," he said, while noting that the proposals should be concrete.