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Belarus to take part in Turkmenistan roads, airport construction tenders
“Belarus is determined to participate in a tender on the construction of motor roads. The Turkmenistan President has offered us the Ashgabat-Turkmenabat project which is about 700km long. We have also received a proposal to build a new airport in the area near the mining and processing factory,” Anatoly Kalinin noted...

Kalinin: Turkmenistan is our ally on market of potash fertilizers
Anatoly Kalinin noted that Belarusian builders applied the latest technologies in the construction of the Garlyk mining and processing factory. “Turkmenistan’s authorities have already proposed Belarus to take part in the construction of the second and third plants to produce potash fertilizers”...

Russia PM calls for developing positive agenda for Belarus-Russia cooperation
“Our countries have special time-tested brotherly relations and partnership ties. Our common duty is to preserve and multiply what we have achieved,” the message of greetings reads...

Progress in Belarus-EU trade, economic cooperation noted
large number of matters on the agenda of Belarus’ trade and economic cooperation with the European Union were discussed, including bilateral trade, mutual access to markets, the advancement of investment cooperation with the European Union, Belarus’ accession to the World Trade Organization...

Top five Belarusian products exported to Russia in 2016 named
Russia is Belarus’ major trading partner accounting for 46.2% of the country’s total exports in 2016. The Belarusian main exports to Russia are cars, component parts for cars and tractors, furniture, refrigerators, freezers and freezing equipment...

Ways to increase Belarus-Armenia trade discussed
During the meeting Andrei Yeudachenka and Oleg Yesayan discussed Belarus-Armenia cooperation in politics, trade and economic affairs....

Belarus may invite private companies from Russia, Singapore, Egypt to help create BKA-2 satellite
Piotr Vityaz reminded that there are plans to use private investments to create the BKA-2 satellite. “Private companies, primarily international ones, show an interest in the project. First of all, we are working on commercial financing options with Russia and Singapore. There is an interest in Egypt, too,” said the academician...

Belarus trades with 80 Russian regions
“Among the leaders of our business and trade relations are Moscow Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Leningrad Oblast and Rostov Oblast, Moscow, St Petersburg which account for more than 70% of trade turnover"...

Belarusian MAZ to design narrower buses for Vietnam
The engineers will have to come up with a narrower frame for the MAZ 208 in addition to making the structure lighter so that Belarusian buses could be sold in Vietnam...

Garlyk mining and processing factory officially inaugurated
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow cut a ribbon and pressed a symbolic button to inaugurate the plant...

Belarus invited to build mining and processing factory in Southeast Asia
“We are mulling more construction projects of the kind in other countries. I will not say where exactly but Belaruskali, Belgorkhimprom have been receiving such proposals. There are proposals from Southeast Asia as well,” said Anatoly Kalinin...

Some 150 top executives of Japanese companies to visit Belarus this summer
They are expected to get familiar with Belarusian IT companies and go on tours of agricultural enterprises. The senator said he hopes that the visits would create the foundation for the relevant investments down the road...

Belarus-made Stadler trains for high-speed rail service in Turkmenistan
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the high-speed rail service would come in handy taking into account the vigorous development of infrastructure in anticipation of the fifth Asian Games, which are scheduled to take place in Turkmenistan in September...

Belarus PM notes improvement in trade with Russia
He believes that it is time to adopt additional measures to restore the trade between the two countries to the level recorded several years ago...

Pakistan ready to invest in new enterprise to assemble Belarusian MTZ tractors
“We are ready to invest in a joint venture together with you. We would like to discuss possible cooperation terms soon in order to sign the contract as soon as possible,” Sheikh Alauddin said...

Belarus, Turkmenistan to intensify cooperation in international transportation
"Both countries create a solid network of transit infrastructure. Taking into account this fact and the benefits of our geographic location, we have agreed to use our potentials,” Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow said...

Belarus ready to create diesel trains for Turkmenistan’s hot climate
Alexander Lukashenko said: “Belarusian mechanical engineering products are still in demand in Turkmenistan. We are ready to sell self-propelled and towed agricultural machines here and more than that. We can try creating – well, not try but make for sure, we see the interest — a diesel train for operating in these hot climatic conditions”...

Belarus, Pakistan gearing up for first agricultural forum
“We are preparing for an official visit of the Belarusian parliamentary delegation to Pakistan, which is scheduled for 9-13 April. The program, apart from high-level meetings, will include the first Belarus-Pakistan agricultural forum. A representative delegation of businessmen will visit Islamabad as well,” Vladimir Andreichenko said...

Belarus ready to provide logistics centers to Turkmenistan for trade with Europe
“You can sell your products from the territory of Belarus on the European premium market. We will provide logistics centers, warehouses, equipment. This segment is vigorously developing in Belarus. Think what to sell in Europe to get maximum benefits, we will determine ways,” Alexander Lukashenko said...

Belarusian Railways to take part in TransRussia 2016 transport expo
Participation of Belarusian Railways in the exhibition is an integral part of the marketing strategy of the Belarusian rail operator. The company will hold meetings with representatives of the railway administrations from Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine...