MINSK, 21 June (BelTA) - About 50% of the programs of the Minsk Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry are about the cooperation with Russian regions, Director General of the BelCCI Minsk Office Alexander Fedorchuk said at the official opening ceremony of Expo-Russia Belarus 2017 and Minsk Business Forum, BelTA has learned.
“This is the second time the event has been organized in Minsk. Two years ago we concluded more than 60 contracts. We see good prospects for our work this year as well. We hope that the results will be even better than last time. About 400 business negotiations have been scheduled. This is very important in view of the fact that about 50% of the programs implemented by the Minsk Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce are connected, one way or another, with Russian regions. Almost every month we organize visits to Russia or welcome delegations from different Russian regions. We have more than 70 bilateral agreements. Contracts that are to be established during this exhibition are a guarantee of our successful work in the future,” Alexander Fedorchuk said.
The international industrial exhibition Expo-Russia Belarus 2017 is running in Minsk on 21-23 June 2017. Russian and Belarusian companies are showcasing innovations in traditional, nuclear and alternative energy, agriculture, petrochemical and gas industries, food industry, civil engineering, construction, transport, medicine and pharmacology, communications, telecommunications and education. The business program of the expo includes a Minsk business forum, the conference “Russia-Belarus: Cooperation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union”, roundtable sessions involving representatives of Belarusian ministries and government agencies, and a B2B business matchmaking session.
The expo has been organized by OAO Zarubezh-Expo and the International Association of Peace Foundations and co-organized by the Belarusian national exhibition center Belexpo. The expo is held with the support of the Federation Council, the State Duma, the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, Rossotrudnichestvo, Russian Export Center, Russia's embassy and trade representation in Belarus, the National Assembly, Belarusian ministries, the Supreme State Council and other working bodies of the Belarus-Russia Union State, the CIS Executive Committee, the CIS Economic Council, the Eurasian Economic Commission, the Council of Ministers and the National Confederation of Entrepreneurship (Belarus), the Minsk branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
