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17 Sep 2015

Russia-Belarus Business Council to promote SMEs projects

SOCHI, 17 September (BelTA) – The Russian-Belarusian Business Council can become a platform to promote bilateral projects of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Executive Director of the council Boris Kirillov said at one of the sections of the Second Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia in Sochi on 17 September, BelTA informs.

According to Boris Kirillov, the council has been receiving proposals from representatives of small and medium-sized companies of Belarus and Russia. “People search for business partners for the implementation of joint projects,” he said. There are examples of joint companies being set up in the areas of agriculture and medicine.

In this respect, Boris Kirillov suggested using the Russian-Belarusian Business Council as a so-called integrator to develop and implement bilateral projects of small and medium-sized business. In his words, the council is ready to form a bilateral SMEs promotion program with the assistance of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Belarus and Russia.

Union State programs as a way of carrying out the structural policy were one of the most popular themes at the forum. According to State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota, in order to strengthen cooperation between Russian and Belarusian companies it is necessary, first of all at the level of experts, to make a detailed analysis on the legislation and best practices. It is the main task for the Union State Permanent Committee.

Sochi is hosting the Second Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia which will last through 18 September. The forum highlights the industrial policy of the Union State. The plenary session of the forum will be attended by nearly 350 representatives of the legislative and executive authorities of Belarus and Russia, regions, heads of big companies and business communities of the two countries.

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