Belarus and Azerbaijan signed a number of documents on cooperation following the meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in Baku. The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko of Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government. Most of the documents relate to cooperation in the manufacturing sector. A roadmap to set up an elevator assembly plant in Azerbaijan for 2023-2024 was signed between...

A delegation from Zimbabwe, headed by Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Amon Murwira is expected to visit Belarusian State Technological University (BSTU) on 14 May, BelTA learned from the university. Attending the meeting will be Belarusian First Deputy Education Minister Aleksandr Bakhanovich and rector of Belarusian State Technological University Igor Voitov. The Zimbabwean delegation will get familiar with the...

 Belarusian Cement Company has increased cement shipments to Russia by almost 4 times, BelTA learned from Belarusian Cement Company (BCC). "BCC has been progressively increasing the supply of cement to the Russian market, fully compensating for the lost exports to the European Union. In April 2023, the company hut another milestone by shipping more than 231,000 tonnes of cement to Russia. It was 3.8 times more than in 2019 and 2.3 times more than in April 2022," the company said....

The industrial optimism index is growing. The Belarusian Economy Ministry made the conclusion after studying results of a market situation survey conducted by the ministry's Economy Research Institute last month, BelTA has learned. According to the survey, positive attitudes among heads of Belarusian industrial enterprises are on the rise: the industrial optimism index has been growing continuously for half a year. An increase in workload of the Belarusian enterprises, the output...

On 3-4 May, a delegation of Belarusian Railways took part in the second international conference and exhibition "International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnection and Development 2023" in Ashgabat, BelTA learned from the press center of the Belarusian Railways. The delegation was led by First Deputy Head of Belarusian Railways Piotr Dulub. "Representatives of the Belarusian rail operator took part in a session ‘Transport and logistics connectivity in the modern...