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Compact Belarus tractors now assembled in Moldova
Since early 2016 the Bobruisk-based company has shipped 16 tractors to Batstractor. They were sold to farmers in Gagauzia and consumers in other regions of the country...

Belarus expects to sign $55m worth of contracts at Belarusian-Pakistani forum
“We expect that this sum will be higher. The negotiations still continue. Pakistani partners have a very big interest in our enterprises,” Vladimir Ulakhovich said...

Second runway in Minsk airport ready in 2018
Belarusian Transport and Communications Minister Anatoly Sivak said after the opening ceremony of the Belarusian Transport Week...

MTZ signs over $30m worth of contracts in Pakistan
“The first step is to open the representative office of the plant. Starting from 1 November, an MTZ worker will be staying in Pakistan on a permanent basis. We have already discussed this issue with the embassy, will clarify the details,” Fyodor Domotenko noted...

Bellegprom signs $3.5m worth of contracts in Pakistan
Nikolai Yefremchik assessed the current visit to Pakistan as successful. “We have made the first steps. We know what the prospects are. I think the progress will be continuous,” he added...

Belarus, Poland need to prepare more joint projects in transport industry
“Belarus and Poland are connected by a big number of transport arteries – bridges and motorways. As far as the development of the transport infrastructure is concerned, we are colleagues, not rivals. We have common interests in a number of fields. It is essential to step up efforts to prepare joint projects, work out solutions to unify our strategies,” the vice premier stressed...

Moldova’s Gagauzia invites Belarus to implement new investment projects
Irina Vlah also pointed out that Belarus and Gagauzia maintain a continuous dialogue, both at the state level and at the level of chambers of commerce and industry, to attract investments to set up new joint enterprises...

Belarus, Latvia discuss prospects for cooperation in transportation, transit
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with Latvian Transport Minister Uldis Augulis, Co-Chair of the Belarusian-Latvian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation...

Belarus, Moldova to expand cooperation in housing construction
This is envisaged in the protocol which was signed by Belarus’ Architecture and Construction Minister Anatoly Cherny and Moldova Minister of Regional Development and Construction Vasile Bitca during the 17th session of the Belarusian-Moldovan intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation...

Companies of Belarus, Moldova sign nine contracts
The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Belkommunmash and the Electric Transport Administration of Chisinau Municipality signed a contract to supply 20 trolleybus kits to Moldova in 2017 and an agreement for the assembly of trolleybuses able to travel without overhead wires...

Belarusian, Pakistani scientists launch joint projects in agriculture, healthcare
Alexander Shumilin and Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanveer Hussain signed an agreement to set up in Islamabad a Belarusian-Pakistani center to coordinate sci-tech and innovative cooperation...

Belarus ready to share experience in infrastructure development with Moldova
"Our colleagues may also be interested in our experience in the field of the construction of roads and infrastructure, dairy farms and other agricultural facilities,” Andrei Kobyakov said...

Brest Oblast set to sign cooperation agreements with China’s Anhui, Henan
Brest Oblast has been maintaining partner relations with China’s Hubei Province for twenty years already. The Belarusian region is set to sign cooperation agreements with its neighboring provinces...

Minsk Oblast, Austria’s Carinthia set to strengthen economic cooperation
A relevant agreement was reached during the visit of a Belarusian delegation led by Chairman of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee Semyon Shapiro to Carinthia on 29 and 30 September...

EBRD set to expand cooperation with Belarus’ public sector
EBRD’s future and ongoing projects in the country were discussed at a meeting of Belarusian First Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Zaborovsky with Head of the EBRD Office in Belarus Francis Daley and his successor Alexander Pivovarsky in Minsk...

Minsk to host St Petersburg Days on 6-8 October
The Russian delegation will include representatives of the executive branch of the government, cultural figures, and directors of companies. The delegation will be led by St Petersburg Vice Governor Sergei Movchan...

Belarus, China plan to launch production of tower cranes at Mogilev Strommashina
“We plan to start the production of tower cranes at Strommashina together with Chinese partners. As for Gomselmash, we also plan to share competencies, setting up assembly plants both in Belarus and China"...

Kazakhstan eager to cooperate with Belarus in information technologies
“We are now opening our market to IT companies. Belarus is a leader in this field, this is why we expect that cooperation between our countries in this area will advance. We expect contracts”...

Chinese money to build social facilities in China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone
“Social infrastructure is usually built using state budget resources but China is ready to help us out. This is why we will be able to build homes and social facilities, making the park comfortable for its workers”...

Belarusian national electrical company, Siemens to implement joint projects
The sides intend to work together on the concept and preliminary technical solutions for using Siemens-made gas turbine power plants for building power-generating facilities in Belarus that will take the load at peak hours...