Belarusian-Czech Joint Commission on Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technical cooperation

22 May 2018

22-05-2018

On May 22, 2018, Minsk hosted the 10th meeting of the Belarusian-Czech Joint Commission for Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technical Cooperation.

The Belarusian delegation was led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Evgeny Shestakov, the Czech delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Eduard Muricky.

The parties discussed current state and prospects for development of Belarusian-Czech trade and economic cooperation, intensification of the involvement of enterprises and companies of the two countries in the activities of the Joint Commission.

Special attention was paid to the cooperation in transport sector, as well as to the development of the legal framework of bilateral relations.

Following the results of the meeting of the Commission, the signed signed the Protocol.

Within the framework of the Commission, the 8th meeting of the Belarusian-Czech Working Group on Machine Building, negotiations of co-chairs of the Working Group on Energy, representatives of the Working Group on Scientific, Technical and Innovative Cooperation and experts from banking and financial sectors were held.

Specific projects of bilateral cooperation were discussed during the Belarusian-Czech business forum. A similar forum will be held on May 23, 2018 in Grodno in order to develop direct trade and economic contacts with companies in regions of Belarus.