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Belarusian PM hails Innoprom as opportunity to show openness to industrial cooperation

YEKATERINBURG, 10 July (BelTA) – Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko together with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin and Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov of Kazakhstan opened the main strategic session "Sustainable Manufacturing. Renewal Strategy" at the International Industrial Fair Innoprom in Russia’s Yekaterinburg, BelTA has learned.

This year the exhibition has the largest exposition in its history and a record-high number of participants, Innoprom’s Program Director Anton Atrashkin said at the opening of the strategic session.

“This is a very important platform for the exchange of views and practices,” Russian head of government Mikhail Mishustin said as he welcomed the participants of the international exhibition. He stressed that interest in the exhibition is growing: this year more than 1,000 companies from 35 countries are featured at the fair in Yekaterinburg. Mikhail Mishustin also noted that this year the Republic of Belarus has become a partner country of Innoprom. He thanked the Belarusian delegation for the large-scale exposition, which presents the latest developments in various fields. The prime minister also noted that today there are many good examples of mutually beneficial cooperation between enterprises of Belarus and Russia.

Belarusian head of government Roman Golovchenko welcomed the participants of the main strategic session of the 13th international industrial fair Innoprom and noted that “it is the largest and most important congress and exhibition event in the manufacturing sector in the Eurasian space.”

"The Republic of Belarus has been participating in Innoprom for more than 10 years and gladly accepted the offer of the Russian side to be a partner country this year. “For us, this is an opportunity not only to demonstrate our latest achievements in the technical field, but also to show readiness and openness to industrial cooperation focused on the production of high-tech, innovative, competitive goods," Roman Golovchenko said.

“We saw vulnerabilities in the economy, clearly realized the need to replace imports, strengthen and develop our own industries,” the Belarusian head of  government noted. "The most effective way is to do it together, pooling together our production, scientific, technological and intellectual capabilities," Roman Golovchenko emphasized.

In a short period of time Belarus and Russia have developed 17 investment import-substituting projects in mechanical engineering and microelectronics for more than RUB80 billion, he said. The Belarusian prime minister noted that the search for new mutually beneficial projects in the areas of critical imports continues.

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