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MINSK, 6 November (BelTA) – The international forum Minsk Business Meetings may become a regular event, Deputy Director General at the CIS Financial and Banking Council Ahmed Kahrimanov said on 6 November as he took part in the forum, BelTA has learned.

“The CIS Financial and Banking Council initiates such events as they bring considerable benefit. I think that the conference has been a success. The idea to make the forum a regular event has been voiced several times. We believe this will bring a positive result,” Ahmed Kahrimanov noted.

He pointed out that partaking in the first Minsk forum were high-ranking officials. In his words, the speech delivered by Belarus’ Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov was well-considered and well-received by the participants. “We see that Belarus is a developing country with good prospects. Many economic issues are solved here quite efficiently. Belarus is, no doubt, one of the leading countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States,” Ahmed Kahrimanov said.

During the first day of the forum, the CIS Financial and Banking Council and the Russian-Czech Mixed Chamber of Commerce signed a cooperation agreement. When asked whether this could somehow affect Belarus’ interests, Ahmed Kahrimanov explained: “The Belarusian side showed much interest towards expanding the already established contacts and supporting export contracts. The Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry thought the matter through.”

The CIS international financial and banking forum Minsk Business Meetings is taking place in the Belarusian capital on 5-6 November. The opening ceremony of the forum was attended by Belarus’ Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov.

The forum has been organized by the CIS Financial and Banking Council jointly with ASB Belarusbank with the support of the Belarusian Council of Ministers, the CIS Executive Committee, VTB Bank, and the Association of Belarusian Banks. Its participants discuss topical issues of the development of financial markets of the CIS member states, promotion of exports, attraction of investment to the economies of the countries of the CIS, and ways to tackle the financial and banking crisis.