BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

11/07/2006

Ashwani Kumar Leads High Level Delegation To Belarus

Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Industry left for Minsk, the capital of Belarus, last evening for participating in the Indo-Belarusian Intergovernmental Joint Commission on cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, industry, science & technologies and culture.

Dr. Kumar is leading a high-level delegation comprising Joint Secretaries of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Fertilizers and Coal. The Minister would have wide ranging consultations with the host country's Ministers of Industry, Foreign Affairs and will call on the Prime Minister of Belarus.

The two sides are likely to discuss possibilities of cooperation in banking, road construction and a joint venture plant for the manufacture of tractors in Belarus. Cooperation between Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation and its counterpart 'BELEXIMGARANT' will also be explored. India is an importer of potash from Belarus while there is substantial opportunity for exports from India to Belarus including BHEL's turbines for its power sector.

It may be recalled that Belarus has supported the Indian position on the restructuring of the United Nations Security Council and had also condemned terrorist attacks on Parliament and in Kashmir.

Source:

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=18804