MINSK, 3 June (BelTA) – Belarus welcomes the arrival of Indian investors in the pharmaceutical industry taking into account India’s accomplishments in pharmaceutics. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement during the expanded participation meeting with India President Pranab Mukherjee on 3 June, BelTA has learned.
According to Alexander Lukashenko, joint R&D efforts in the area of nano and biotechnologies, microelectronics, mechanical engineering, and renewable sources of energy can also become promising.
“We suggest setting up such enterprises in the China-Belarus Industrial Park. Residents of the park enjoy support of the Belarus government, unprecedented privileges and unhindered access to the market of the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union,” noted the Belarusian head of state.
The Belarus President said he was confident that joint decisions will represent an additional incentive in favor of implementing new mutually beneficial projects. He said that during the restricted attendance meeting the heads of state had discussed the concept and practice of bilateral cooperation and had agreed to diversify relations. “We are ready to discuss and make concrete decisions,” noted the Belarusian leader.
“Only the geographical distance stands between us and India but it will never be a hindrance for the development of contacts between our countries and nations because our countries and nations have a serious history of relations,” stressed Alexander Lukashenko.