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Gomel seeks to bolster economic cooperation with China’s Chengdu
Chairman of the Gomel City Hall Piotr Kirichenko said as he met with the journalists from the People's Republic of China. Piotr Kirichenko recalled that the memorandum to establish friendly relations between Gomel and Chengdu was signed in November 2016...

Trade between Minsk companies, Chinese companies over $1bn in 2016
“As we visit the People’s Republic of China, we feel right at home. We enable the same conditions for our friends, who come here from China. Such relations have resulted in 45 companies with Chinese capital registered in Minsk"...

Belarus, Brazil plan to boost cooperation in engineering, oil extraction
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Brazil Alexander Tserkovsky met with Undersecretary General for International Cooperation, Trade Promotion and Cultural Themes of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Santiago Irazabal Mourao...

Belarusian Gomselmash getting ready to trial grain harvesters in Iran
A team of Gomselmash specialists will fly to Iran in roughly one week in order to prepare the KZS-812 harvester for the trial. The team will also test the harvester’s ability to gather in rapeseed...

Belarus' development strategy adjusted to global innovative trends
Belarus’ national development strategy, finalized taking into account the global innovative and technological trends, and also strategic cooperation plans with other states, including the People’s Republic of China...

Vitebsk to host 14th National Environment Forum 11 May
It is planned that the final events of the forum will be attended by more than 250 delegates, including representatives from environmental services, government bodies, educational and cultural institutions, public associations, media, guests from foreign countries and also residents of Vitebsk and other regions...

Belarus, U.S. to step up cooperation in agricultural research
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) Vladimir Gusakov stressed that the NASB appreciates the fact that this interaction between Belarusian and U.S. scientists has already become traditional. “We can now consider, on a systematic basis, a wide range of issues regarding the expansion of cooperation in science and innovations. The theme of the workshop “Science for Agriculture” was chosen on purpose...

Top business associations to partake in Belarusian-Italian economic forum in Milan
The forum is timed to the 25th anniversary since Belarus-Italy diplomatic relations were established. Representatives of leading business associations, business circles, the banking industries of Belarus and Italy, and representatives of the regions of the two countries are expected to take part in the forum...

Belarus to cooperate with Sudan, Egypt in extraction of natural resources
There are plans to discuss a broad range of matters concerning the advancement of bilateral cooperation with Sudan and Egypt, in particular, the participation of Belarusian organizations and companies in projects to find, survey, and extract oil deposits in Sudan and drill artesian wells in Egypt...

Madrid to host Belarusian-Spanish business forum
Its preparations were discussed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to France with concurrent accreditation to Spain Pavel Latushko at the meetings in the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain and the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations...

Over 20 agreements to be signed at Vitebsk economic forum
“It is expected that more than 20 agreements will be signed. Among them will be agreements between Vitebsk Oblast and Russian regions. The Vitebsk Oblast Marketing Center will sign documents with the All Russia public organization Delovaya Rossiya and the Smolensk Oblast Business Promotion Fund,” noted Irina Makarenko...

Vitebsk Economic Forum to help small business find major investors
The event will take place in Vitebsk on 11-12 May. The Vitebsk Sports Palace will become the forum’s main venue and will feature expositions of the towns and district centers of Vitebsk Oblast, and international exhibitions. Special emphasis will be placed on small manufacturing business...

Kronospan’s company registered as Great Stone resident
The company will produce materials (coatings) for the woodworking and furniture industry. The total investment will exceed €25 million. The implementation period for the project is 2017-2018...

Belarus-Kyrgyzstan commission on economic cooperation to sit in Minsk in June
On 28 April Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kyrgyzstan Andrei Strachko met with Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Land Reclamation, Chairman of the Kyrgyz part of the Belarus-Kyrgyzstan intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation Nurbek Murashev...

Belarus, Slovakia to cooperate in nuclear safety
The document was signed by Emergencies Minister of Belarus Vladimir Vashchenko and Chairperson of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic Marta Ziakova during their visit to the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant on 28 April...

Belarus, Slovakia to bolster ties in science, innovations
Belarus and Slovakia plan to boost cooperation in key avenues of science, technology, and innovations. The countries will cooperate in energy industry, agribusiness, medicine and pharmacology, nano- and biotechnologies, and nuclear power...

Agreements on cooperation signed during Belarusian-Slovak Business Forum in Bratislava
Cooperation agreements were signed between the chambers of commerce of Belarus and Slovakia, between the Belarusian National Agency for Investment and Privatization and the Slovak Agency for Development, Investment and Trade...

Slovakian companies invited to set up enterprises in China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone
Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov pointed out that a number of preferential terms are available to foreign investors, who are intent on doing business in Belarusian free economic zones, the Hi-Tech Park, and the industrial park Great Stone...

Belarus-Russia Union State urged to develop programs in petrochemicals, electronics, biotechnology
“Now there are no Union State programs that would cover such industry as petrochemicals, which manufacture a large number of products, much better in quality than those that we have in Russia and Belarus today. There are no programs either in electronics, micro-electronics, without which no modern society can develop today, or in biotechnology, or cellular technology"...

Belarusian-American SME forum in progress in USA
The Belarusian businessmen visited the startup incubator 1776 where proposals of Belarusian companies were presented and support for Belarusian startups was discussed. On 25-26 April the Belarusian delegation took part in business events in Philadelphia as part of the 21st Eurasian-American Innovation Technology Week. Representatives of the Philadelphia city administration, innovation companies, and major research and education institutions attended the event...