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Belarus ready to cooperate with Kazakhstan in production localization
The existing joint production capacities let Kazakhstan produce some 10,000 tractors and 1,000 combines per year. Belarus counts on the development of this trend and notes the priority in industrial cooperation...

Ambassador names new projects in cooperation between Belarus, Russia’s Vladimir Oblast
Since the beginning of the year, the trade between Belarus and Vladimir Oblast rose by 16%...

Belarus’ ambassador meets with Türkiye’s agriculture minister
The negotiations also touched upon the participation of a Turkish delegation in the international agricultural exhibition Belagro 2024 in Belarus...

Over 100 companies taking part in Belarusian-Hungarian business forum
B2B talks represent one of the key items on the forum’s program. They focus on cooperation in agriculture and food industry, tourism, civil engineering, public utilities, healthcare, and pharmaceutics...

Belarus, Hungary intend to intensify exchange trade
Taking into account the specialization of the forum participants, industrial goods and agricultural products were outlined as priority areas of the Belarusian-Hungarian exchange trade...

Belarus taking part in InterFood Astana expo in Kazakhstan
The Belarus. The Taste of Nature exposition features a wide range of products of Belarusian meat and dairy companies, including Slutsk Cheese Factory and Slonim Meat Processing Plant...

Belarus is 95% self-sufficient in all foods
Thus, Belarus produces 139kg of meat per person while the consumption is 98kg per capita. The manufacture of dairy products is almost four times higher than their consumption: 908kg per person against 238kg per capita consumption...

Lukashenko wants Belarus to be self-reliant in defense sector as much as possible
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he spoke with the labor collective of Legmash Plant in Orsha...

National Center for Marketing committed to promoting Belarus-Yemen business ties
Nikolai Borisevich briefed the Ambassador about the key activities of the National Center for Marketing and its focus on trade promotion...

Belarus’ Gomel Oblast to develop cooperation with Türkiye
The governor cited the following data: Gomel Oblast- Türkiye trade amounted to $84 million in 2023, up 25%...

Belarus, China’s Chongqing signs contracts worth about $31m
At the business meeting, the parties mapped out mutual projects for investment cooperation in the production of automotive components, medical equipment and robotics...

Belarus, Equatorial Guinea to deepen cooperation in investment
On 21 May, the head of state signed the law “On the ratification of the agreement between Belarus and Equatorial Guinea on the promotion and mutual protection of investments”...

Gomel Oblast, Russia's Altai Krai to deepen inter-regional cooperation
The Russian governor was keenly interested in the capacities and resources of the southeastern region of Belarus, including tourism and a number of other areas...

CIS states, Türkiye named most promising markets for Belarus' confectionery
The most promising markets for Belarusian confectionery products are Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Türkiye...

Call to finalize Union State common industrial policy
According to the head of state, the parties plan to continue work on the implementation of joint import-substituting projects in microelectronics, mechanical engineering, machine-tool construction, military-technical cooperation...

Belarus suggests measures to Russia to stimulate transport, logistics business
“Measures are needed to increase the workload of Belarusian and Russian airports. Joint projects are needed to make communication between our regions simpler and more affordable. Although quite a lot has been done recently,” he stated...

Decisions on Russian oil, natural gas deliveries to Belarus made during talks with Putin
Belarus is also ready to continue working with Russian companies in the sphere of nuclear energy industry. The experience of construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has opened up new possibilities for further mastery of these technologies, for training qualified personnel, and even for the joint construction of such facilities in third countries...

Belarus-Russia cooperation level praised
The trade between Belarus and Russia amounted to $48.7 billion in 2023, which is 6.3% higher than in 2022. Exports exceeded $25 billion. Imports totaled $23.6 billion. The export of Belarusian services in 2023 amounted to $3.6 billion...

Belarus’ ambassador outlines prospects of cooperation with Turkmenistan
"We would like to resume deliveries of engineering industry products to the market of Turkmenistan. These are buses, trucks, and tractors. There are certain issues to be solved in this area, and we are working on them,” Vyacheslav Beskosty said...

Rosatom ready to build second nuclear power plant in Belarus if necessary
“We know that Aleksandr Grigoryevich [Lukashenko, President of Belarus] would like to continue construction. We are ready to do it in any case. We just have to decide on the technical look and the site where the future facility will be located,” the executive said...