Lukashenko instructs to close striking enterprises

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, speaking at a rally in Hrodna, ordered to close the enterprises where the strikes started from August 24, Report says, citing RIA Novosti.

According to him, the authorities will decide who to invite to the work.

Several Belarusian enterprises reported about workers on strike and instructed to stop production. The Prime Minister of the Republic Roman Golovchenko, all organizations of the real sector of the economy, operates as usual.

According to the strike committee of Belaruskali, more than four thousand of the company's employees supported the strikers ' demands. The company said all seven mines are operating normally.