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MAZ Asia to assemble more Belarusian vehicles in Vietnam
Future operation of the joint venture MAZ Asia was discussed as well as production of special-purpose vehicles at premises of the enterprise. Manufacturing of gear and equipment for Vietnamese firefighters using Belarusian materials was mentioned...

Belarus taking part in tourism exhibition in Kazakhstan
Specialists provide detailed and visual information about the tourism potential of the country, medical tourism, spa treatment, agro-ecotourism, the diversity of natural resources, historical and cultural heritage...

Belarus, Iran discuss expansion of interaction in trade, economy
Dmitry Koltsov and Ali Bagheri Kani discussed plans concerning the organization of joint events meant to expand interaction in trade, economy, investment, and humanitarian affairs...

Belarus, Tajikistan to put more efforts into implementation of new projects
The sides discussed a broad range of matters concerning Belarus-Tajikistan economic cooperation. The sides positively evaluated the dynamics of development of bilateral trade...

Belarus spends $19.3bn on Chernobyl programs since 1990
Since 1990, Belarus has implemented five state programs to mitigate the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. The sixth program which is underway now will span the years of 2021-2025...

Belarus’ Chernobyl aftermath recovery costs totaled
"The state budget spent $19.3 billion in 1990-2021. Attention was primarily paid to enabling conditions for radiation, ecological, and economic rehabilitation of territories in Gomel Oblast, Mogilev Oblast, and Brest Oblast as the regions most affected by radioactive pollution"...

Belarus, Egypt discuss new areas of cooperation
The participants of the meeting reached agreements to promote scientific and research cooperation between Belarus and Egypt in a variety of areas, namely agriculture and soil science, animal husbandry. The parties also discussed Belarus-Egypt cooperation in genetics, food, physics, bio-organic chemistry and pharmaceutics...

Belarus, Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast sign new cooperation agreement
In 2021 Belarus’ trade with Sverdlovsk Oblast reached a five-year high. Its volume increased by 61.4% from 2020 to $472 million. Manufacturing cooperation projects in mechanical engineering and power engineering were the largest initiatives of the last few years...

Tashkent to host Belarus-Uzbekistan business forum
Belarus is also preparing the national exposition Made in Belarus for the international exhibition Innoprom. Central Asia, which is due to take place in the capital of Uzbekistan on 25-27 April...

Belarus launches production of Sputnik Light for COVID-19 prevention
According to the minister, Belarus and Russia completed a technology transfer and now the whole production process of Sputnik Light is done by the domestic enterprise Belmedpreparaty...

Lukashenko: If America does not sell medicines, we should buy them in India, Cuba
The head of state instructed Prosecutor General Andrei Shved to take the supply of medicines and other products under control...

Lukashenko demands to ensure medical supplies without intermediaries
According to him, it is not difficult to organize such supplies. In addition it will give the patients the opportunity to choose imported products and will not create grounds for corruption...

Additional measures to prop up economy under discussion in Belarus
According to him, the proposed measures seek to boost not only business or the real sector of the economy, but also the social sphere...

Academician opines on import substitution, science development amidst sanctions
“Now science is in great demand at all enterprises. Two weeks ago, we held a joint meeting with BelAZ where we took stock of our work and outlined cooperation prospects. Similar meetings will be held with a number of other enterprises, including MAZ, MTZ and others. Development prospects of these companies are dim without science,” Vladimir Gusakov concluded...

China-Belarus industrial park to cooperate with International Land Port of Gansu
The sides discussed the establishment of cooperation, consolidation of cargoes of the enterprises residing in the park for export to Lanzhou, prospects of organizing peat production and processing in the park, and other matters...

MP analyzes progress in Belarus-Armenia relations
According to him, in the current international situation the focus is placed on economic relations. "In recent years, the trade between the two countries has more than tripled, the target of $100 million has already been achieved. In 2021, the trade grew by 18%, the export of Belarusian goods to Armenia went up by 19%"...

Kazakhstan interested in Belarus’ experience in agriculture, IT industry
Pavel Utyupin and Yerlan Koshanov discussed the state and future prospects of advancement of the Belarus-Kazakhstan interparliamentary dialogue, advancement of cooperation in lawmaking, cooperation and mutual support in international organizations...

Gryzlov: Belarus-Russia relations have advanced to a very high level
According to him, representatives of Russian regions visit Belarus very often. “They come to discuss cooperation in the field of manufacturing, culture, sports. Since I started working here two months ago, five delegations of Russian regions have already visited Belarus. They were from the Republic of Tyva, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai, Penza Oblast"...

Belarus-Azerbaijan trade in food, agricultural raw materials nearly 20% up in 2021
Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Belarus Ulvi Bakhshaliyev. They discussed prospects of Belarus-Azerbaijan cooperation in agriculture, in particular, mutual sales of food, interaction in agrarian education, veterinary medicine, and mutual participation in expos and fairs...

MAZ vehicles now assembled in Uzbekistan
By assembling vehicles in Uzbekistan, MAZ will be able to expand presence in Central Asia and later on in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan...