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Belarus, Moldova to strengthen cooperation, continue infrastructure projects
The sides talked over investment projects implemented in Moldova in partnership with Belarus in such areas as modernization of the industrial agricultural fleet, assembling of trolleybuses and sales of construction materials...

Delegations from five countries to attend region expo, forum in Ostrovets
Ostrovets intends to invite investors to develop the roadside infrastructure: a network of filling stations, logistic centers, shopping and other facilities...

Tver Oblast seeks closer cooperation with Belarusian companies
"Tver businessmen are showing big interest in Belarusian food, first of all, in meat and dairy products. We are also interested in your scientific proposals"...

Belarus, China to discuss trade, economic cooperation in Beijing on 20 August
The Belarusian delegation during the session of the Belarus-China trade and economic cooperation commission will be led by Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky while the Chinese side will be headed by Deputy Commerce Minister Zhong Shan...

Belarus, Slovakia to exchange additional permits for trucking companies
The sides agreed to additionally exchange 500 bilateral/transit permits before 1 September 2015. If there is a shortage of permits, their number will be increased up to 500 in October 2015...

Belarus exploring technical specifications of renewable energy facilities built in China
"Belarus’ representative made a report on the contemporary trends in the development of renewable energy, legislative aspects and the measures taken in Belarus to stimulate the construction of renewable energy plants"...

Belarus, Poland discuss nuclear, radiation security issues
The visit of the Belarusian delegation to Poland was organized as part of the Belarus-Poland governmental agreement on early notification of nuclear accidents and cooperation in radiation security...

Grodno Oblast intends to start exporting food to Italy, China
The Governor noted that the matter is about food supplies and expressed hope that export of non-food goods will be possible too. First of all Grodno Oblast is developing ties with the Italian region of Veneto which has a well-developed machine-building sector, metallurgy...

Belarus, Kaluga Oblast to expand cooperation in industry, agriculture, education
Summing up the results of the visit to Kaluga Oblast, Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee Alexander Shumilin noted that the parties are in talks to set up a plant to assemble Belarusian tractors at the vacant spaces of the industrial companies and industrial parks of Kaluga Oblast...

Lukashenko: No immigration-related tensions in Belarus thanks to social unity
Alexander Lukashenko said that people from Libya, Syria which were devastated by military conflicts are ready to risk their lives and go to Europe. However, there are extremists among these people...

Belarus president in favor of equal social security at private, state-run enterprises
“Our entire nation will get equal guarantees everywhere,” stressed the President. “People employed by private enterprises and state ones are equal"...

Lukashenko: No plans to sell MZKT so far
"Construction works are not very expensive; they can buy equipment using the loans provided by the manufacturers of this equipment. But who will teach people to work with this equipment, who will teach people to make high-quality products? It will take not years but decades to train specialists"...

Plans for Brest-based joint venture to offer railway transportation, logistics services unveiled
According to the source, Brest has rather well-developed infrastructure. The facilities allow reloading up to 700 railway cars and over 900 containers per day and storing up to 1,590 containers. At present 100 cars are reloaded at the Brest railway node per day on the average...

Belarus, EDB map out cooperation strategy
“The key issue in choosing the further strategy is whether we will decide on a big decapitalization of the bank for the bank to implement large-scale projects to improve the economy of our countries”...

Belarusbank, China Development Bank discussing cooperation options in Silk Road Economic Belt
“The experience of our Chinese colleagues and primarily China Development Bank, its approaches to supporting mechanical engineering and proposals to develop interaction between manufacturers and financial institutions in the SCO region are extremely interesting for us"...

More Belarusian cargoes via Ukraine’s southern ports
Vladimir Makei underlined that the Belarusian side was interested in developing cooperation with Ukraine in transportation and logistics more vigorously...

Makei: Belarus hopes trade with Ukraine will be back to previous levels
In the fat years, the Belarusian-Ukrainian trade was about $8 billion...

Turkish businessman: Belarus is a very promising investment region
“We believe that Belarus has a very favorable investment climate as well as favorable legislation for doing business. Apart from that, high education standards in Belarus are another important reason for our company’s presence in Belarus"...

Investment forum in Istanbul to advance Belarus-Turkey trade, economic relations
“Belarus-Turkey cooperation has a huge potential. It is not just another popular phrase said during talks. It is true. There are huge opportunities for expanding mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation"...

Belarusian BelAZ to help build Pakistan-China economic corridor
"The Belarusian enterprise can participate in projects like the construction of motorways and communications"...