BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

02/05/2007

Baku hosts First Belarus National Exhibition

The First Belarus National Exhibition has today started in Baku. Belarus' Commerce and Industry Chamber deputy chair Yuri Lositiski said the event is the first-ever unique show of his country in the region and Azerbaijan.

He added that more than 200 enterprises, organizations and employers have come to show the export potential of Belarus and the both countries' companies will ink a number of agreements and deals within the scope of the exhibition.

Azerbaijan's Commerce and Industry Chamber chair Suleyman Tatliyev said the event will contribute to the further expansion and deepening of ties between the two nations.

Belarus-marked Tractors and MAZ trucks assembled in Ganja Auto Plant of Azerbaijan were shown outside the Olympic Sport Complex where the exhibition was being held.

The official opening of the exhibition will be attended by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko. The exhibition will go on by May 5. /APA-Economics/

Source:

http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=25902