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Economic security named one of Belarus’ top priorities
“Despite gradual transition to the multilateral world order and the movement towards the real balance between the key actors in the international arena, the establishment of an optimal level of global stability still remains a matter of a distant perspective,” the minister said...

CIS intergovernmental council for forestry industry to sit in Belarus 19-21 July
Representatives of Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Moldova have been invited. The preparations are in progress...

Belarus interested in balanced trade, economic ties with partners worldwide
“The task is that we have balanced relations with the countries of the distant arc, partners within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union. If we ensure this ratio (approximately third-third-third), we will feel confident in any difficult situation,” Vladimir Makei said...

Belarus’ WTO entry to help expand economic ties
According to Vladimir Makei, Belarus is doing its best to strengthen its positions in the international multilateral trading system. He noted that since 2016 Belarus has significantly intensified its negotiating process with the WTO in every area. Concrete results have already been reached...

Chinese Liaocheng eager to do business with Belarusian Gomel
The Liaocheng vice mayor said: “It is our first visit to Gomel. We would like to establish partnership relations, determine joint projects with assistance of Belarusian and Chinese specialists”...

Makei: Belarus ready to assign German business special role in modernization plans
“We are ready to assign German business a special role in our plans to modernize and restructure the economy. We are happy to see German business, which is lagging behind other EU countries in terms of the development of the Belarusian market, taking the leading position among foreign investors"...

German business invited to launch production of cars in Belarus
According to Vladimir Makei, Belarus pays great attention to green economy. Among the priorities is the development of electric transport, the enhancement of energy efficiency of the housing stock, the use of waste as secondary material resources...

Makei promises support to Belarus-Germany business cooperation council
“We place a great emphasis on the activity of the non-governmental Belarus-Germany Business Cooperation Council. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will provide all possible support to this organization,” Vladimir Makei said...

Minsk to host first Belarusian-African Forum 6-7 June
"To date, the number of registered participants from African countries is over 60 people, including heads of ministries and government agencies, businessmen and representatives of business associations, and the top executives of the African Export-Import Bank,” Dmitry Mironchik said...

Belarus, Thailand urged to develop basic economic agreements
“Despite the fact that we maintain active contacts, we have no basic agreements: on investment promotion and protection, on trade, economic, scientific, and technical cooperation. We need to draft such basic economic agreements, adopt, and ratify them in Parliaments,” Mikhail Myasnikovich believes...

Belarusian-Moldovan intergovernmental commission to sit in Minsk on 5-6 June
Participants of the session will discuss matters relating to the invigoration of Belarus-Moldova cooperation in the production sector, the assembly of passenger transport and agricultural machines, civil engineering, deliveries and processing of agricultural products, healthcare and pharmaceutics...

Belarus, Bolivia to set up committee for military and technical cooperation
Sergei Gurulev, Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus, explained that the agreement provides for creating a joint committee for military and technical cooperation in addition to implementing measures and arranging events. The agreement also provides for signing additional agreements and protocols...

Venezuela shows interest in assembling more Belarus' products
Minister of Basic Industries Juan Arias voiced the proposal: “We would like to add an impetus to our cooperation. Today tractors assembled in Venezuela are used in the agrarian sector. We would like to expand the lineup and are especially interested in logging equipment"...

Status of joint Belarus-Moldova projects discussed in Minsk
The parties exchanged views on the promising areas of cooperation. The focus, in particular, was on the long-term joint projects in the field of industrial cooperation...

Belarus described as important partner of Turkmenistan
Belarus and Turkmenistan successfully implement joint projects and exchange high and top-level visits. As a positive example of cooperation Maksat Babayev mentioned the joint construction of the Garlyk mining and processing factory. Maksat Babayev said he sees great prospects for Belarus-Turkmenistan cooperation across the board...

Made in Belarus expo in Kazakhstan on 16-18 August
The exhibition center Korme will feature a wide range of Belarusian goods and services in such sectors as mechanical engineering, industrial equipment, agriculture, food products, wood processing, construction materials, light industry, medicine. The event is timed to the Day of Belarus to be hold as part of Astana Expo 2017. Belarus’ Prime Minister is expected to partake in the opening ceremony of the Belarusian exhibition...

Moldova intends to expand economic cooperation with Belarus
“We should continue the current initiatives, including those aimed at promoting economic cooperation and expand bilateral trade. We have positive development in this respect. In the first quarter of this year the trade increased significantly. We need to continue to use the existing opportunities for expanding the bilateral trade,” Pavel Filip said...

Belgrade to host Days of Minsk on 5-7 June
The Minsk delegation will include about 150 people. The program of the Days of Minsk in Belgrade is pretty saturated. It envisions a meeting between the Minsk mayor and the mayor of Belgrade, Belarusian-Serbian business forum, visit to the city transport company, the signing of the cooperation agreement between the Oktyabrsky District of Minsk and the city municipality of Vozdovac and other events...

Belkommunmash plans to ship nearly 60 electric buses to Belgrade
Belarusian electric buses will be showcased as part of the program of the Minsk Days in Belgrade, which are scheduled for 5-7 June. “The Belgrade public transport needs to be renewed. At present the entire trolleybus fleet of the Serbian capital (about 90 vehicles) is of the Belkommunmash manufacture. The supplies were conducted nearly 5 years ago,” Nikolai Rogashchuk noted...

Belarus’ access to EU energy markets discussed
The deputy energy minister emphasized the importance of providing access to the EU markets for Belarus with a view to exporting electricity there. “Belarus plans to take part in the European Union energy market, using the platform of the Energy Charter as well,” Vadim Zakrevsky stressed...