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MINSK, 13 September (BelTA) – Fifty representatives of Finnish companies from various industries will take part in the Belarusian-Finnish economic forum which will open on 13 September in Gomel, Director General of the Gomel department of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marina Filonova told BelTA.

She mentioned high activity of Finnish businessmen who have sent many applications for participation. “It means that they are really interested in the improvement of relations with the Belarusian side,” Marina Filonova stressed.

Partaking in the forum in Gomel will be the representatives of various industries, including the manufacture of industrial and energy equipment, production of car parts, the transport and logistics sector. “These include the representatives of Finnish business associations, and entrepreneurs from various regions,” Marina Filonova added.

On Belarus’ behalf, partaking in the Gomel forum will be the representatives of the Energy Ministry, the Agriculture and Food Ministry, the National Agency for Investment and Privatization.

The program of the forum will include a plenary meeting. It will be attended by Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland Matti Anttonen, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Andrei Yevdochenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Finland Alexander Ostrovsky, Ambassador of Finland to Lithuania and Belarus non-resident Christer Michelsson, Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Dvornik.

During the bilateral business talks and other specialized meetings the representatives of Belarusian and Finnish business circles will discuss cooperation in various fields, including the energy sector, household and industrial wastes processing, farm machine-building, information technologies, the application of modern technologies and equipment in the food industry. The guests will study the potential of the Gomel-Raton free economic zone and the High-Tech Park. They will visit several Gomel-based enterprises, including Milkavita, Gomselmash, Gomeldrev. The business delegation will also visit the Belarusian Research Center of Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, the Gomel park and palace complex.

The Belarusian-Finnish business forum will take place on 13-14 September. It will be the fifth forum, and Gomel will host it for the first time.