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Belarus, Uzbekistan to step up strategic partnership in agriculture
The dynamics of trade cooperation demonstrates confident growth: in 2024 Belarus-Uzbekistan trade in food and agricultural raw materials increased by 37.5% in comparison with 2023, with Belarus’ export going up by 40.4%...

Prime minister calls for increasing Belarus-Uzbekistan trade turnover
"Our businessmen vigorously invest in major projects in Uzbekistan. As an example one can mention a major enterprise for processing poultry meat and a garment enterprise that operates in Uzbekistan today,” the Belarusian head of government noted...

Lazarevich: Bellegprom brand is part of Belarus' history and must be developed
She noted that the full range of tasks set by the head of state must be addressed. This also includes footwear, production of fabric and tableware. Nadezhda Lazarevich cited the brand of the Dobrush Porcelain Factory as an example...

Lazarevich: Bellegprom will seek to secure niche on marketplaces
"It is indeed a special line of business that requires certain skills to work with. I believe that by learning to work with major marketplaces, we will find our niche there and will achieve better results than we have today,” Nadezhda Lazarevich said...

Lukashenko: We cannot let our light industry fail
During personnel appointments, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko directed officials to address problems in Belarus’ light industry...

Lukashenko instructs new heads of Belarus’ major enterprises to tackle problems
Among the priorities for the new director, Aleksandr Lukashenko highlighted the need to improve product quality, noting that this applies equally to other domestic industrial giants such as MTZ, MAZ, and BelAZ...

Lukashenko announces plans to develop tourism cluster in Oman
He added that the Omani side is keen to implement large-scale projects in Belarus as well. One of them is the construction of a pulp and paper mill, a memorandum on which was signed following the talks in Minsk between the Belarusian president and the Sultan of Oman...

Lukashenko sets tasks for farmers on harvest, winter sowing
Regarding the sowing of winter crops, Aleksandr Lukashenko demanded that the work be completed in the shortest possible time...

Belarus sees 1.5-fold growth in medical service exports over five years
The most in-demand specialties include transplantology, oncology, and CAR-T-cell therapy. There has also been a positive trend in the number of citizens arriving for treatment from Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia...

Belarus’ sugar beet harvest over 50% complete
Some 593,000 tonnes of potatoes have already been harvested. Nationwide, 124,000 tonnes of open-field vegetables have been harvested. The total sown area exceeds 8,000 hectares, with 68% of it cropped now...

Ambassador: Vietnam seeks to boost tourism cooperation with Belarus
“The launch of a direct flight is a historic event, an important milestone in bilateral relations,” the ambassador stated. “I am confident that the new flight will allow residents of Belarus and Vietnam to travel more. This is a huge opportunity for our tourists...”

Belarus, Saudi Arabia discuss joint business council to boost cooperation
“The parties discussed practical ways to increase trade and coordinated approaches to holding joint events for representatives of the two countries' business communities,” the embassy said...

Belarus, Türkiye discuss business opportunities
Director of the center Nikolai Borisevich met with member of the Executive Board of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Giyasettin Eyyüpkoca...

Belarus, Kazakhstan outline topics for first joint agricultural forum
In particular, the forum will feature a plenary session and three panel sessions: Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Crop Farming and Plant Protection, and Machinery and Equipment for Dairy, Crop and Fodder Production...

Lukashenko urges CIS leaders to see partners in each other
The head of state noted that despite “frantic sanctions pressure from the West” and attempts to drive a wedge between CIS countries through threats of secondary sanctions, the Commonwealth has maintained economic growth this year, recording a rate of 2.2% for January-July...

Belarus-China exchange trade up 11%
In the first nine months of 2025, the total value of transactions by residents of the People's Republic of China on the BUCE reached $127 million, which is up 11% year-on-year...

Belarus’ government, Gazprom sign cooperation roadmap until 2030
The roadmap is designed to strengthen cooperation in the fuel-energy and manufacturing industries...

Mechanical engineering, high-tech. India interested in looking for business partners in Belarus
During the online event the National Center for Marketing presented information about Belarus’ economic potential from the point of view of individual economy branches and explained how the center can assist with finding partners in Belarus...

Brest Oblast expands presence on Chinese market
In addition to expanding foreign trade, Brest Oblast is also attracting Chinese investment, supported in part by twinning relations...

Karankevich: Belarus-Russia gas cooperation is vital for Union State’s energy security
Speaking about the development of the global gas market, Viktor Karankevich remarked that the situation is still dynamic and gas prices are very sensitive to external factors...