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Brest Oblast Days to be held at EXPO 2020 in Dubai in January
The program includes presentations of the region’s tourism and export potential and investment projects of the region's leading enterprises. A VR presentation of the SMART BREST innovative project and a presentation of the River Pearl urban development project will be held...

Belarus signs $3.8m worth of contracts at FoodExpo Qazaqstan
Kazakhstan has recently hosted a great number of meetings and exhibition events, including food industry and agriculture exhibitions, business forums, seminars, and a convention. A large delegation from Belarus took an active part in them. The delegation included ministers, company representatives, experts. Belarus’ national exposition was running at the 23rd edition of the Central Asian International Food Industry Exhibition (FoodExpo Qazaqstan)...

Belarus’ experience of international cooperation in nuclear safety presented at IAEA conference
At present Belarus is a member of the nuclear energy countries club. The regulatory infrastructure in Belarus was created with international assistance. Assistance is provided by Russia (the country that supplies nuclear technologies), the International Atomic Energy Agency, the European Union, and the relevant associations of regulatory bodies – RCF, WENRA, ENSREG, and the WWER Forum...

Foreign investments in real sector of Belarusian economy at $6.7bn in January-September
The investments mainly came from commercial entities in Russia (44% of the received investments), Ukraine (13.1%), and Cyprus (12.6%). Foreign direct investments amounted to $4.8 billion, 72.4% of all the foreign investments...

Belarus eager to partner up with Kazakhstan to explore agribusiness opportunities
"First, it is important for ensuring food security of the countries. Second, there is a huge, not fully explored potential for cooperation"...

Draft decree on adjusting small business taxation submitted for Lukashenko’s approval
"Small businesses play an essential role in our economy. They create new jobs, accelerate economic growth, including by redistributing manpower from ineffective sectors"...

Belarus looks to increase exports to Israel
"In January-September 2021, the task for the export of goods to Israel, set forth by the government, was fulfilled. The participants of the session also stated that there are reserves to increase the export of Belarusian goods and services," the ministry said...

Lukashenko sets strategic, tactical tasks for agricultural sector
All in all, about nine million tonnes of crops have been harvested in the country this year. “This is a good harvest for this year. This amount will be enough to provide people with bread and bakery products, and there will be enough fodder for the livestock that we have and plan to have next year”...

Belarus, Brazil seek closer cooperation in business
The parties considered prospects of expanding cooperation between business circles of Belarus and Brazil in petrochemistry, production of construction materials, textile, pulp and paper industry, healthcare, agricultural technologies...

Batch of Chinese vaccines arrives in Belarus
Last night a military transport aircraft Il-76MD with the Chinese cargo on board landed on the Belarusian airfield in Machulishchi. The aircraft delivered the Chinese vaccine SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated by Sinopharm. The total route was 13,600km...

Belarus seeks to enhance economic cooperation with Vietnam
“For Belarus, Vietnam is a key partner in Southeast Asia. The friendship between our countries has been time tested. We have always supported each other, and helped each other if it was needed"...

Turkish businesses invited to attend Belarusian Investment Forum in Dubai
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Turkey Viktor Rybak met with Minister of Trade of Turkey Mehmet Mus on 9 November...

Belarus’ export up by 32.3% to $34.9bn in January-September
In January-September 2021 Belarus’ foreign trade totaled $67.1 billion, up by 31% year-on-year...

Makei: Economies of Belarus, Russia should complement each other
"Our economies should not compete, but on the contrary, should complement each other. This is the goal of 28 Union State programs," Vladimir Makei said...

Makei urges to work further to resume travel between Belarus, Russia
"We also seek to make traveling by road easier. This is extremely important for Belarusians and Russians. Of course, all this should be done as carefully as possible, taking into account the epidemiological situation and other factors"...

Equal economic opportunities, common markets seen as ultimate goal of Union State programs
"The ultimate goal is to create additional and equal conditions for the progressive economic growth and improving the living standards and, of course, strengthening bilateral allied relations," he said...

Japan’s Hakodate hosts Belarus-Hokkaido forum
The Japanese businessmen got familiar with the presentation of Ostrovets District, commercial and investment proposals in woodworking, food, light and jewelry industries, the video address of the National Agency of Investment and Privatization and information about the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

Andreichenko: International community should get real-time updates on situation around Belarus
According to him, MPs need to focus their efforts on promising investment, trade and economic projects, diversification of sales markets for domestic products and technologies. "This is the main task for parliamentary friendship groups. The recent visit of the Indonesian parliamentary delegation is a vivid example of how these friendship groups can facilitate cooperation if they organize the work properly"...

Subbotin: Belarus is self-reliant in food, exports more
"We can meet our own needs in food by 100%. Moreover, we seek to export all the surpluses. Amid the turbulence in foreign markets, the demand for food has been increasing, prices have been going up. In January-September Belarus’ food export rose by 12.6% year-on-year to total $4.7 billion,” Aleksandr Subbotin said...

Belarus, Russia continue to work closely to set up common energy markets
"Russia fully honors its obligations to supply energy resources and gas to Belarus. Cooperation in the fuel and energy complex between our countries is, without exaggeration, the backbone of economic cooperation and makes a significant contribution to the energy security of the Republic of Belarus,” the Russian minister said...