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Belarus, Russia sign agreement on cooperation in transportation of nuclear materials
The document was concluded within the framework of the Union State program on nuclear energy approved by the heads of state on 4 November. The agreement determines the procedure for the transportation of nuclear materials between the two countries...

Belarus to ship 35% extra oil products via Russian sea ports in 2021
"We’ve already rerouted our shipments to ports of the Russian Federation. We estimate we will actually ship at least 2.3 million tonnes while the target was close to 1.7 million tonnes"...

Lukashenko demands good road connectivity between agro-towns, oblast centers
The president said that the country was busy building large national and international highways, local roads were left aside. Now it is high time to take care of them...

Belarusian companies sign contracts with partners from Middle East, Africa at exhibitions in Dubai
On the first day of the Belarus - The Taste of Nature exposition at the Yummex Middle East international exhibition of sweets and snacks and The Speciality Food Festival, which opened in Dubai on November 7, Belarusian enterprises signed agreements of intent and commercial contracts with business partners from the Middle East and Africa...

BelNPP's first unit generates 4.6bn kWh of electricity
"All in all, the unit has generated 4.6 billion kWh of electricity. This made it possible to replace about 1.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas. Every day, the nuclear power plant produces 28 million kWh of electricity, or about 25% of the total electricity produced in the country,” Viktor Karankevich said...

Belarusian state food concern presents products in Shanghai
Products made by 12 Belgospishcheprom companies are on display...

Belarus’ national pavilion running at China International Import Expo
The pavilion features domestic companies representing food industry and information technology, as well as ministries, healthcare facilities, research and R&D centers, and universities. They showcase products and services that may be of interest to China...

BelCCI Mogilev Office, Chamber of Commerce of Tajikistan’s Sughd Region sign cooperation agreement
"The parties expressed interest in establishing contacts in trade in finished products and raw materials and exploring options to implementing joint projects," the chamber said...

Integration programs to ensure equal doing business conditions in Russia, Belarus
“The implementation of sectoral integration programs will help Russia and Belarus to create equal unified doing business conditions. The economies of the two countries will begin to function on the basis of commonly agreed rules and norms, which will open up new broad prospects for their progressive development. It will have a great positive effect, which will be felt by all industries without exception,” the Russian leader said...

Calls to set up Union State media holding company
"I offer serious reforms on this front. I suggest we set up a media holding company of the Union State. Instead of spending financial resources, albeit small, on newspapers, magazines, Telegram channels and other ‘youtubes’, we’d better concentrate them on an appropriate group, a media holding company and tell people of what is happening. Today we spread this money thinly, put it in different cups but see no tangible returns,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Belarusian ambassador, Chinese Sinopharm discuss cooperation prospects
Yuri Senko and Liu Jingzhen discussed the current COVID-19 pandemic situation and possible ways to advance cooperation in the future...

Russia’s Stavropol Krai shows interest in exchange trade in farm produce with Belarus
According to head of the center Alina Eyupova, Belarus is among the main trading partners of Stavropol Krai, and the use of the exchange platform will contribute to the growth of mutual trade and diversification of its structure...

Belarusian Mogilev Oblast, Tajikistan’s Sughd Region seek closer ties
"A cooperation agreement was signed between our regions back in 2017. Thanks to this, relations between our regions have been growing stronger, trade increasing. In January-September of this year, it rose by 30% year-on-year"...

Belarus, Syria preparing for joint session of cooperation commission
They also discussed the exchange of visits, preparations for the 8th meeting of the Belarus-Syria Commission on Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation, as well as mutual support in the international arena...

Belarus taking part in FoodExpo Qazaqstan
Visitors can see a broad assortment of sausages, delicacies, smoked meats, products from offal. Among the new products on display are beef sausages with prunes, smoked tartar on beech chips and other products. Belarus’ biggest dairy companies showcase a wide range of whole milk products, cheeses, powdered milk products, ice cream, butter, mayonnaise, drinks, canned powdered milk, condensed milk and other products...

Golovchenko, China’s CITIC Construction discuss big projects in Belarus
"Cooperation with CITIC Construction began in 2007 and has been gaining momentum ever since. It was one of the first engineering companies to start operations in Belarus"...

Minsk Days kick off at EXPO 2020 in Dubai
“For us, EXPO is first and foremost an opportunity to look for investors. Yet, we also have something to offer. A great example is the excellent assortment of the Kommunarka confectionery that is making inroads into the market of the United Arab Emirates. And this is a premium market,” Dmitry Mikulyonok said...

PM: Belarus’ transport industry operates steadily in difficult conditions
"For the second year now, the transport sector has been operating in difficult conditions due to both the epidemiological situation and certain external factors. Nevertheless, it has steadily met the main indicators of social and economic development, including the consolidated targets of state programs,” Roman Golovchenko noted...

Belarus raises export duties on oil, oil products
In line with the resolution the size of the export duty on crude oil, furnace oil, oil bitumen, petrolatum, paraffin, and waste oils is $71.2 per tonne ($62.8 previously)...

Belarusian food industry concern seeks to expand ties with Russia’s Udmurtia
The parties discussed promising areas of cooperation, including the export of brewing malt and edible salt to the Udmurt Republic and also the supply of high-tech equipment for Belgospischeprom’s enterprises...