Korea has asked Belarus to support its bid to host the 2012 International Exhibition, Speaker of the National Assembly of Korea Lim Chae-jung said during a meeting with Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky. The Speaker praised the level of Belarus’ economic development. In his opinion, a boost to the bilateral relations will be given by the forthcoming opening of an embassy of Korea in Minsk and the first visit of the Belarusian Prime Minister to Korea on November 5-6. Sergei Sidorsky noted that Belarus and Korea have similar approaches to the economic policy which priority is the development of exports. The sides discussed the development of inter-parliamentary relations between Belarus and Korea.