The National Center for Marketing of Belarus and Indian business people have agreed to hold a videoconference on export and investment opportunities in Belarus, BelTA learned from the National Center for Marketing of Belarus. Representatives of the National Center for Marketing met with senior executives of Global India Business Forum. The meeting ended with specific agreements and near-term plans. During the meeting, the parties mapped out plans to promote bilateral trade and...

The Belarusian People's Congress will allow taking important decisions for the country and the people at critical moments, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova told reporters, BelTA has learned. On 30 January, senators discussed the bill “On the Belarusian People's Congress” at the meeting of the tenth session of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation. “This form of people's power exists...

At an expanded meeting of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus, First Deputy Chairman of the Board Sergei Kalechits told what helped maintain the adequate level of gold and foreign exchange reserves in Belarus in 2022, BelTA informs. “Favorable trends in foreign trade in many ways contributed to maintaining the stability of the foreign exchange market in 2022. As a result of the record foreign trade surplus, enterprises received $2.7 billion in net revenue in 2022. The...

Brest Oblast, like other regions, needs to specify and flesh out investment plans, Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov said at a meeting of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee, BelTA has learned. The participants of the meeting reviewed the results of the socio-economic development of Brest Oblast in 2022 and set the tasks for 2023. In 2022, fixed capital investments in the region amounted to Br3.8 billion, up by almost Br80 million over 2021. Today, fixed capital investments are...

The MPs adopted the bill “On ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on the Mutual Trade Promotion System” at a sitting of the ninth session of the House of Representatives of the seventh convocation on 25 January, BelTA has learned. The bill was submitted to the House of Representatives by the Council of Ministers on 13 January. The document is designed to ratify the agreement between the...

Sanctions have spurred closer interaction between industries and science, Belarusian Forestry Minister Aleksandr Kulik said as he attended the science and technology exhibition Intellectual Belarus, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Kulik noted that all new products in the forestry industry are relevant and needed today. "The sanctions have forced us to take a fresh look at the interaction between industries and science. As for the system of the Forestry Ministry, the sanctions hit us...