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Belarus, China set up platform to work on access to Chinese market
According to Nikolai Snopkov, profound strategic decisions were made during the session. The decisions will reveal the potential of bilateral cooperation...

Belarus, Russia discuss cooperation in gas industry in 2021
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko met with Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee Aleksei Miller in St Petersburg on 16 December...

Visit of European experts to Belarusian nuclear power plant cancelled
Gosatomnadzor added: “We reaffirm our adherence to voluntary commitments undertaken as a result of stress tests of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. We count on constructive interaction with European partners within the framework of the reconciled practical agreements”...

Belarus, Romania discuss joint projects in mechanical engineering
Ambassador Andrei Grinkevich presented Belarus’ export potential and noted the high competitiveness in the Romanian market of a wide range of Belarusian products of chemical and wood processing industries, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, agricultural machinery, passenger transport, including electric vehicles, optical and electronic devices...

Belarus, Air Arabia discuss UAE-Minsk air service possibilities
The sides expressed interest in advancing Belarus-Air Arabia cooperation. An agreement to maintain further contacts on the matter was reached...

Belarus, Saudi Arabia interested in boosting economic cooperation
The parties confirmed mutual interest in intensifying Belarus-Saudi Arabia cooperation in political, trade, economic and humanitarian areas, the press service informed. "The diplomats also exchanged views on the possible schedule of bilateral contacts of the foreign ministries, discussed the development of the legal framework and the organization of the next meeting of the joint intergovernmental committee...

China-Belarus industrial park resident company to make innovative material
The technology is unique in Belarus and countries of the Eurasian region. Production is scheduled to begin in 2021...

BelAZ to ship 24 haul trucks to Russian coal company Siberian Anthracite
The public joint-stock company (OAO) BelAZ is the managing company of the holding company BelAZ. BelAZ is the world's leading manufacturer of haul trucks and transport equipment for mining industry and civil engineering industry. BelAZ accounts for some 30% of the world market of haul trucks with an extremely large carrying capacity...

Belarusian chamber of commerce, Korea International Trade Association sign cooperation agreement
The agreement provides for the joint organization of business meetings, exhibitions, fairs, seminars, conferences, and other events in Belarus and the Republic of Korea. It also provides for interaction between the BelCCI and KITA in matters concerning the establishment of a business council for the sake of discussing business matters and bolstering economic cooperation...

European experts to visit Belarusian nuclear power plant on 16-18 December
The group will include experts from Belgium, Austria, Germany, and Ukraine. The group will be led by Petteri Tiippana, Director General of the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)...

European Council’s call to block electricity supplies from BelNPP viewed as politicized
“Belarus’ position on the matter, as well as the results of the missions of leading authoritative international organizations in nuclear energy, which visited the BelNPP with inspections and safety of the nuclear plant, were not taken into account,” the ministry said...

BUCE to hold first export trading session for Chinese market on 15 December
BUCE’s press service explained that the decision to hold the separate trading session has been approved by the Belarusian Forestry Ministry. It was prompted by the high demand for Belarusian sawn timber in China...

FEZ Grodnoinvest expands geographic reach
The export to the EU exceeded $156 million, up 11% from the same period in 2019. Deliveries considerably increased to Germany, Canada, South Korea, the Netherlands, the UAE, Poland, the United States, Turkey, Switzerland, and Estonia...

Agricultural products seen as new driver of Belarus’ exports to China
Nikolai Snopkov outlined a number of priorities in the development of trade and economic cooperation between the countries, including active promotion of Belarusian exports to China, gaining access to the Chinese market for new categories of Belarusian beef, early accreditation of the Belarusian dry baby food, increasing the quota for the supply of sugar to China...

Chambers of commerce of Minsk, Turkey’s Corlu intend to resume cooperation
The consul met with Corlu Mayor Ahmet Sarikurt to discuss ways of stepping up regional cooperation, mainly in trade and economy. The Turkish side made a proposal to establish twin-town relations with one of the Belarusian cities...

Belarus’ investment potential presented in Slovakia’s Zilina
During the meeting with Chairman of Zilina Regional Chamber of the Slovak CCI Jan Misura, the parties discussed the development of cooperation between the chambers of commerce and industry of the two countries amid the coronavirus pandemic...

Belarus, Venezuela discuss cooperation in construction sector
This topic was the main item on the agenda of a meeting between Belarusian Ambassador to Venezuela Andrei Molchan and Venezuelan Vice President for Planning Ricardo and Minister of Housing and Habitat Ildemaro Villarroel on 11 December...

136.9m kWh of electricity generated by first unit of Belarusian nuclear power plant
The readiness degree of the first unit stands at 99%. The unit is going through the final steps of the power startup stage. During this stage the reactor’s output has to be raised to 50% of the designed output and the generator has to be connected to the power grid...

Belaruskali starts sinking cage shaft at Darasinsky mine
Resources of the Darasinsky mine will extend the operational life of the company’s third mine administration by at least 50 years. The designed output capacity of the mine will be close to 8 million tonnes of ore per annum. It will be increased to 9 million tonnes later on...

Lukashenko calls to use EAEU’s potential for product promotion to third markets
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on 11 December...