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Belarusian medications for Azerbaijan
The contracts were signed during the 23rd Azerbaijani international healthcare expo BIHE 2017...

Belarusian Transport Week to welcome about 80 organizations from 9 countries
"The Belarusian Transport Week plays a crucial role in the development of the transport infrastructure and the logistics system of Belarus and the neighboring states, assists in bringing in innovations and investments, and helps to increase the volume of international transportation," the organizers said...

Belarus, Turkey to step up agricultural cooperation
Belarus’ Council of Ministers has endorsed the Belarus-Turkey intergovernmental memorandum of mutual understanding in agricultural cooperation signed in Minsk on 11 November 2016. The relevant decision is envisaged in the Council of Ministers’ Resolution No.721 of 28 September...

French light industry shows interest in cooperation with Belarus
The agreement was reached during the participation of the Belarusian delegation in Paris Fashion Week which is taking place in the French capital from 25 September to 3 October. Paris Fashion Week is a series of designer presentations held biannually in Paris, France with spring/summer and autumn/winter events held each year...

IMF mission to visit Belarus on 26 October-10 November
The IMF experts will come to Minsk for annual IV article consultations. As Belarus’ First Deputy Finance Minister Maksim Yermolovich said earlier, the talks with the IMF on a new program have been put on hold...

World Bank allocates $60m to support Belarus’ SMEs
The project is guaranteed by Belarus and is aimed at improving access to financing for private micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and enhancing the governance and the institutional capacity of the DBRB...

Minsk Days in Moscow scheduled for 10-11 October
The sides are expected to decide how much Belarusian food and what foods Moscow will get in 2018. A Moscow-Minsk business cooperation forum will take place in the Business and Cultural Complex of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia on 11 October...

Belarus, China eager to cooperate in forestry
Representatives of Honghe County led by Shao Zhong, Director of the Permanent Committee of the Honghe County Assembly of People's Representatives, conducted negotiations with specialists of the Belarusian Forestry Ministry. First Deputy Forestry Minister Alexander Kulik addressed the guests with a welcoming speech and pointed to the importance of the visit...

Russia’s Pskov Oblast interested in cooperation with Belarus in construction
Vice Governor of Russia's Pskov Oblast Alexander Kuznetsov said at the meeting with Belarus’ Architecture and Construction Minister Anatoly Cherny...

First ever Belarus-ASEAN expo in Minsk suggested
“Maybe, the Standing Commission on International Affairs should take the initiative and offer the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belexpo exhibition company to arrange the first international Belarus-ASEAN expo and a Belarus-ASEAN business forum in Minsk”...

Belarusian Belorusneft plans to provide seismic, drilling services in India
“Today we are paying great attention to the Ukrainian market which is close to us in geographical terms. We have started drilling oil wells and providing oilfield services in Ukraine"...

Belarusian investment forum kicks off in Minsk
The event has gathered representatives of international and foreign financial institutes, private foreign investors, representatives of government bodies, national business and the expert community...

Belarus interested in pharmaceutical joint venture in Azerbaijan
These matters were discussed as Belarusian Healthcare Minister Valery Malashko met with Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev...

Belarus, Venezuela discuss prospects for stepping up industrial cooperation
“The sides talked about prospects for boosting industrial cooperation, avenues of the development of joint Belarus-Venezuela assembly facilities, and terms of new contracts to supply Belarusian knockdown kits to Venezuela”...

Russia’s Novosibirsk Oblast eager to make innovative products with Belarus
“Despite the long distance between us, cooperation with Belarus is of strategic importance for Novosibirsk Oblast,” Vladimir Gorodetsky underlined. In his words, the bilateral trade can exceed $235 million by the year-end...

Minsk, Russia's Novosibirsk to resume direct flights
The negotiations are almost over. It is likely that the air service will be launched by a Russian company in March,” Governor of Russia’s Novosibirsk Oblast Vladimir Gorodetsky noted...

Belarusian BelAZ signs strategic partnership agreement with Russian electric drive company
The two companies will continue working together as part of the joint project aimed at creating an electric traction drive for BelAZ dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 90 tonnes...

Belarus wants to boost trade with Russia’s Novosibirsk Oblast up to $500m
Belarus-Novosibirsk Oblast trade can reach $300 million by the year-end. According to Andrei Kobyakov, the current volume of trade does not reflect the full potential of Belarus and Novosibirsk Oblast...

UAE eager to import more Belarusian agricultural products
"The UAE is not an agricultural country. We import Belarusian agricultural products in order to ensure the national food security,” said Secretary General of the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry Hameed Mohammed bin Salem...

Belarus keen to co-modernize airplanes with Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute
Andrei Kobykov stressed Belarus’ interest in strengthening cooperation in the maintenance, repair, and modernization of light aircraft and airliners. Belarus has preserved the human resources and production capacities for the repair, modernization, and maintenance of civil aircraft, including the Yakovlev Yak-40, Yak-42, and Yak-52 airplanes...