Qatar has got interested in Belarusian food products, Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of Belarus in the State of Qatar Aleksei Malafei told journalists, BelTA has learned. According to Aleksei Malafei, the two countries have a long history of cooperation in politics, trade and economy. Now Belarus and Qatar are focused on building on this cooperation and on ramping up investments and exports. “Qatar is interested in our foodstuffs. In March, for the first time ever, we...

Two helicopters of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry Mi-8 and Mi-26 with water discharge devices have been helping Türkiye fight wildfires for several days, BelTA learned from the Emergencies Ministry. In the past few days, the Mi-8 extinguished large forest fires in the areas of the cities of Balıkesir, Eskişehir, Çanakkale, Keşan. The helicopters performed 26 flights and made 125 discharges to drop more than 320 tonnes of water. Belarusian rescuers transported five...

The pressure of Western sanctions has resulted in the highest demand for products made by Mogilev Automobile Plant named after S.M. Kirov (MoAZ, a branch of the holding company BelAZ) in the last few years, BelTA learned from MoAZ Director Aleksandr Monich during his meeting with President's Aide, Inspector for Mogilev Oblast Leonid Martynyuk. Aleksandr Monich said: “Our enterprise develops dynamically. Our vehicle assembly shop already has orders for Q1 2024. The contracts have...

The Belarusian engine manufacturer Minsk Motor Plant (MMZ) increased merchandise export by over 17% in H1 2023, the company's press service told BelTA. The holding company is expected to hit all the key performance targets set by the Industry Ministry for January-June 2023. The energy-saving indicator totaled minus 3.5% while the target was set at minus 2.5%. In January-June 2023 MMZ increased export by 17.3% while the target was set at 6.7%. The growth rate of investments in...

 The Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units, which is part of MTZ Holding Company, plans to set up a joint production of small BELARUS vehicles in Cuba, the head of marketing and sales of the Bobruisk plant Sergei Maslakov was quoted by the MTZ press service as saying, BelTA has learned. "Recently, our plant hosted representatives of GESIME Group of Companies and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to Belarus Santiago Perez Benitez. During the...