Events

MINSK, 29 October (BelTA) – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Israel Vladimir Skvortsov and Sofa Landver, Minister of Immigration and Absorption of Israel, chairwoman of the Israeli part of the Belarusian-Israeli committee for trade and economic cooperation, met to discuss the opening of Israeli credit lines against guarantees of Belarusian banks, the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry told BelTA.

According to the source, close attention was paid to discussing the opening of Israeli credit lines against guarantees of Belarusian banks and the advancement of the project to create a Belarusian-Israeli agribusiness park.

Apart from that, the sides discussed the progress in implementing the agreements specified by the protocol of the fourth session of the joint committee in Jerusalem in February 2014. Sofa Landver received a proposal of Vice Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Rusyi in favor of holding the next session of the committee in Minsk in Q2 2015. The proposal was approved by the Israeli side.

During the meeting the sides coordinated steps required to ratify the Belarus-Israel intergovernmental agreement on lifting visa requirements for holders of national passports. The agreement was signed on 19 September 2014.