
HARARE, 31 January (BelTA) – Investment and cooperation projects with Zimbabwe will lay the basis for the further cooperation between the two countries, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said following his talks with Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, BelTA has learned.
“Today, the president and I have held substantive talks. We took stock of the progress to implement our agreements, and also exchanged views on topical issues of the international agenda and the difficult situation that is developing in the world,” the Belarusian leader said.
“We have discussed in detail the promising avenues of bilateral cooperation that has gained a lot of steam in recent years,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
Belarus has opened an embassy in Zimbabwe and expects that Zimbabwe's diplomatic mission will appear in Minsk soon.
He drew attention to agreements on personnel training. The parties also agreed on investment and cooperation projects in various fields, which will become the basis for the further cooperation. “In manufacturing, trade, agriculture, energy, transport and mining. We have also agreed that these contracts and the arrangements that we have reached today will become the basis for continuing our cooperation,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.