Opinions & Interviews

MINSK, 14 November (BelTA) – Foreign banks and investment funds are ready to invest in the Belarusian economy, Chairman of the Board of the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Rumas said during the Belarus-UK investment forum in London on 14 November, BelTA informs with reference to the Belarus 1 TV channel.

Sergei Rumas emphasized that the Belarusian delegation saw a great interest on the part of the UK businessmen during the forum. “Investors ask to give them instruments. Today Europe has excess liquidity, and our task is to find mutually beneficial financial instruments that the hedge funds, investment funds, and western banks can invest in,” Sergei Rumas said.

The participants of the Belarus-UK investment forum had an opportunity to evaluate the advantages of the work on the Belarusian market and are ready to talk about some particular projects. Managing Director of the British investment company Tim McIntosh showed great interest in cooperating with Belarus. We want to cooperate with Belarus very much, and we have already made considerable steps towards this. We expect to sign an agreement to set up a company in Minsk Oblast of Belarus within two weeks. We are planning to work not only on the Belarusian market but also on the markets of other countries of the CIS, he said.