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MINSK, 23 November (BelTA) – More than 100 companies will present their products and services at the international forum Expo-Russia Belarus to be held in Minsk from 24 through 26 November, BelTA learned from chairman of the organizing committee of the forum David Vartanov on 23 November, BelTA has learned.

“More than 100 Belarusian and Russian companies will display their products at the national exhibition center BelExpo. However, the total number of participants is higher, representatives of many companies got registered for participation in roundtables and business match-making sessions. Some 400 business meetings between Belarusian and Russian companies will be held during the expo,” David Vartanov said.

Partaking in the international event will be representatives of companies involved in machine building and automotive industry, metallurgy, power engineering, including nuclear power engineering, chemical industry, transport, construction, aeronautics, space exploration, medicine, pharmaceutics, agriculture, education, and other areas. The business program of the forum includes a conference on the expansion of cooperation in economy and innovations between Belarus and Russia in the Union State and the Eurasian Economic Union, and also roundtables, a meeting of the Russian-Belarusian Business Council, and a business match-making session.

The Belarusian capital will host the expo for the first time. Its organizer, the company ZarubezhExpo, already held similar events in other countries such as Serbia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Jordan. “From our experience we can say that such expos are followed by an increase in the bilateral trade. Industrial forums are wonderful platforms for establishing cooperation. We update the participants about the legislation, tell them about the opportunities for doing business in a certain country, and help businessmen with other issues they may encounter,” David Vartanov explained.

The expo has been organized by OAO ZarubezhExpo, and co-organized by the International Association of Peace Foundations (Russia) and the national exhibition center BelExpo (Belarus) with the support of the Federation Council, the State Duma, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Energy Ministry, the Ministry of Health, Rossotrudnichestvo, the Russian Embassy in Belarus, the International Association of Peace Foundations, the National Assembly of Belarus, the Belarusian ministries, the Supreme State Council and other agencies of the Belarus-Russia Union State, the CIS Executive Committee, the CIS Economic Council, the Eurasian Economic Commission, and the Russian-Belarusian Business Council.

The expo is aimed at strengthening the economic, humanitarian, social, cultural, and political ties between Russia and Belarus.