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Belarus, Tajikistan discuss prospects of trade, economic cooperation
The Belarusian delegation was headed by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Yevdochenko, and the Tajik delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmadsharif Haqdod...

Belarus, Turkey to strengthen investment cooperation
The parties also discussed current issues of the bilateral trade and economic cooperation, strategic collaboration areas, and promising joint projects in innovations, telecommunications, woodworking industry, mechanical engineering, and processing industry...

Belarus in top 5 on ease of doing business among middle-income countries
The reports indicates that Belarus is among the top ten countries in the world who have carried out the largest number of reforms to improve the business environment. This means that Belarus is one of the fastest-moving countries in what concerns progress in the rankings...

Belarus’ innovation potential presented in Russian Skolkovo
“Certainly, these are not all the capabilities but we tried to demonstrate that Belarus occupies an important place not only in the Eurasian Economic Union but in a much larger territory,” said Valery Sadokho...

Ericsson Company to supply equipment to build LTE network in Gomel, Brest, Mogilev
The construction of the LTE network in regions of Belarus will open up new opportunities for mobile communication subscribers and will become an important step in the technological development of mobile communication networks. At present there are over 100,000 subscribers that enjoy 4G services and the number continues growing...

EU-EEU interaction viewed as key element of emerging global system of relations
“The Economic Commission for Europe plays an important role here. It is a leading pan-European platform which can contribute to the development of trade flows, investment, transport, infrastructure and energy links,” Vladimir Makei said...

Importance of involving Belarus, other UNECE countries in China’s Silk Road project highlighted
The diplomat emphasized that Belarus can offer large-scale projects to build transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructure facilities, help involve the countries of the UNECE region in the Silk Road Economic Belt project, and set up technology transfer centers...

Belarus, Israel discuss cooperation in trade, economy
“The parties discussed a wide range of issues on the bilateral agenda, the status of implementation of the agreements reached during the fourth session of the Belarus-Israel joint committee on trade and economic cooperation and the preparation of the fifth session of the Committee due in Minsk in 2017”...

Belarus, Poland to step up cooperation in investment, privatization
The Deputy Development Minister of Poland stated that Polish businessmen are interested in expanding and stepping up Belarusian-Polish cooperation and the Ministry is ready to mediate for the sake of advancing these relations...

Belarus, China to further cooperate in designing UAVs
The NASB hosted a meeting with a delegation of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) on 25 October. The Belarusian delegation to the meeting was headed by Chairman of the NASB Presidium Vladimir Gusakov...

Interest in assembling Belarusian tractors in Namibia
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of Namibia Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah expressed interest in the possibility. She noted that Namibia is now focused on developing its agriculture, including small-scale farming...

European Union to allocate €150,000 to create, promote Augustow Canal brand
As part of the project strong and distinguishing traits of the Augustow Canal will be determined in comparison with similar territories in the neighborhood. The strong traits will be actively promoted on the tourism market...

Belarus, Poland plan to remove trade barriers
Belarus expects that this year, its trade with Poland will exceed $2.5 billion. Mikhail Rusy believes it is important to maintain close cooperation in agriculture, construction, power engineering...

Poland ready to participate in privatization programs in Belarus
Belarus and Poland discussed the cooperation across more than 10 avenues and signed a joint protocol after the meeting of the commission on economic cooperation...

Belarus eager to trade more with Africa
The Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs also pointed out that an overwhelming majority of African countries are members of the Non-Aligned Movement, of which Belarus is a member, too. “The affinity and commonality of views represent a good foundation for advancing our cooperation with African region countries,” he said...

Turbine generator stator delivered to Belarusian nuclear power plant
The stator for the turbine generator is a steel cylinder-like structure that weighs 440 tonnes. A special railway transporter was used to deliver the structure to the construction site...

Belarus, Vietnam discuss prospects for Belarusian equipment supplies
The parties discussed the prospects of bilateral relations, including the supplies of the Belarusian passenger and cargo vehicles for the needs of Hanoi municipality, the participation of Belarusian organizations in designing and building the metro in Vietnam...

Belarus invites Poland to help supply nuclear power plant’s electricity to EU
“Belarus intends to commission the first power-generating unit of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets in 2018. I think we could very well work together in supplying electricity from Belarus to the European Union. Poland could use this electricity or could transit it further into the European Union", noted Andrei Kobyakov...

Belarus-Poland trade expected to reach $4bn within two to three years
“First of all, we have continued our constructive, progressive dialogue with the new Polish government. We have resumed expert consultations on transport, agriculture, industry, border crossing points, education, culture and other fields,” Mikhail Rusy said...

Plans to set up Belarusian-Polish IPO center in 2017
According to the source, the possibility of implementing the project has been considered for two years. The sides are now in agreement that the relevant memorandum needs to be signed...