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Belarus-Moldova agreement to facilitate mutual trade soon
Moldovan Finance Minister Octavian Armasu noted that the agreement is supposed to develop the mutual trade facilitation system by means of exchanging important information about commodities and vehicles, which are transported between Moldova and Belarus...

EXPO 2017 in Astana expected to boost Belarus-Kazakhstan relations in tourism
"Kazakhstan and Belarus are of interest to each other in terms of tourism. The countries have different culture, history and cuisine. They have well-developed air transport logistics. The current marketing effort is insufficient. To bolster this effort, we need to consolidate the activities of Belarusian and Kazakhstani public and private organizations,” Filipp Guly said...

Belarus chooses concept of National Pavilion for EXPO 2017 in Astana
Belarus’ national exposition will be on display during the three months of the EXPO 2017. The program, which is under development, will include both business and entertainment events. The Belarusian National Day is scheduled for 16 August. Belarus’ Prime Minister is expected to visit the exposition on that day...

Brest Oblast presents its economic and tourism potential in Moscow
Brest region maintains trade and economic ties with 79 regions of Russia. The most robust are the relations with Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and also with the Moscow, Smolensk and Bryansk regions...

Belarus, Iran discuss ways to strengthen investment cooperation
The parties discussed the current state and development prospects of the bilateral cooperation in trade, economy and investments and organization of joint events...

Belarusian MAZ, MTZ sign contracts on making vehicles, machines in Azerbaijan
Top executives of the Belarusian holding companies BelavtoMAZ and MTZ Holding signed the documents on supplying vehicle, machine and tractor assembly kits to the Ganja automobile factory in 2016-2017 during an official visit of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to Baku...

Russian Skolkovo companies interested in joint ventures with Belarusian developers
According to Alexander Okunev, about one third of the Skolkovo resident companies tightly cooperate with Belarusian scientists and the Minsk city technopark. “Cooperation has been developing for four years. We consider the possibility of promoting our products onto your market in addition to the implementation of joint projects”...

Bellesbumprom gaining a stronger foothold in French market
Increasing export to France is the result of joint work of Bellesbumprom and the Belarusian Embassy in France. Thanks to the active effort to find new partners and promote Belarusian timber products in that country we have signed several major contracts...

Telekom Austria Group buys Atlant Telecom
Alejandro Plater, CEO & COO Telekom Austria Group, said: “The acquisition of Atlant Telecom is a further step in Telekom Austria Group’s convergence strategy. It will allow Telekom Austria Group to develop its Belarusian subsidiary velcom from a mobile-only player into a fully converged operator”...

Moscow to trial Belarus’ electrobus in December
E433 Vitovt Max Electro bus made by Belkommunmash will also join the trial. The relevant documents were signed during the ExpoCityTrans 2016 expo in Moscow...

Belarus-French interregional business forum opens in Minsk
It is expected that partaking in the forum will be nearly 50 French businessmen seeking cooperation with Belarus in industry, agriculture, energy, tourism...

IAEA seminar on managing nuclear projects in progress at Belarusian nuclear power plant
Participants of the seminar are expected to discuss various aspects of integrated management systems from the point of view of the nuclear power plant’s operating company. Representatives of the IAEA, Czechia, and the USA are expected to deliver reports...

Minsk, Budapest sign cooperation agreement
A cooperation agreement was signed between the Minsk City Hall and the Municipality of Budapest during a visit of Minsk Mayor Andrei Shorets to the Hungarian capital...

Minsk to host TIBO 2017 in April
The organizing committee led by Belarus’ Vice Premier Anatoly Kalinin has been instructed to develop a concert for the forum and secure coordinated work on timely and high-quality formation of the exposition...

Belarus, Azerbaijan aim for $700m in bilateral trade
"Belarus is ready to strengthen its ties with Azerbaijan in agriculture, build state-of-the-art plants and increase the presence of its products in the markets"...

Belarus, Azerbaijan to open trading houses in each other’s territories
Ilham Aliyev noted: “Today we’ve decided to set up an Azerbaijani trading house in Belarus and a Belarusian trading house in Azerbaijan. We are lagging behind Belarusians in this matter," Ilham Aliyev noted...

Six helicopters handed over to Belarusian army
The solemn ceremony took place in Machulishchi, Minsk District on 28 November. It was the first batch of helicopters delivered as part of the contract on acquiring 12 military helicopters Mi-8MTV-5 from the Russian holding company Russian Helicopters...

Chinese companies interested in opening logistics hub in Brest
According to the source, negotiations are underway. Various cooperation options have been suggested to the Chinese partners. Plans have been made to sign an agreement on cooperation with Anhui Province...

Belarus, Uruguay discuss ways to develop legal framework of cooperation
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgeny Shestakov met with Enrique Loedel, Director General (Deputy Minister) for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, as part of his visit to Uruguay...

Plans for more stores with Belarusian goods in Azerbaijani regions
The store is very popular among buyers. Therefore plans are under consideration to expand the network and open stores of Belarusian goods in the Azerbaijani regions of Ganja, Nakhchivan and other places...