OMAN, 5 December (BelTA) – Belarus and Oman plan to create a joint investment fund that will focus on developing investment projects across various sectors, President of the Oman Investment Authority (OIA) Abdulsalam bin Mohammed Al Murshidi told journalists, BelTA has learned.
He named the creation of a Belarus-Oman joint investment fund as one of the priorities of cooperation with Belarus. The fund will enable investments in projects in Belarus. The Omani side has already assembled a team that will soon arrive in Minsk and begin daily work at the office.
“The fund will focus on developing investment projects in the manufacturing industry, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and food production, as well as other sectors,” Abdulsalam bin Mohammed Al Murshidi remarked.
As BelTA reported earlier, as part of the ongoing working visit to Oman Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with President of the Oman Investment Authority (OIA) Abdulsalam bin Mohammed Al Murshidi. The parties analyzed the entire complex of Belarusian-Omani joint projects.
The key topics discussed during the meeting included the creation of a Belarusian-Omani investment fund in Minsk for the sake of financing projects in Belarus’ territory; the construction of a pulp and cardboard mill in Belarus; the establishment of a logistics hub in Oman for the sake of delivering Belarusian goods to neighboring countries and regions and the development of the North-South route; investments in agribusiness projects in Belarus for the sake of consequently exporting the food to Oman and countries in the region as well as possible shipments of Omani sea food to Belarus.
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