Belarusian premier starts official visit to Moldova

Chisinau, 2 October /MOLDPRES/ - Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov on 2 October started his official visit to Moldova. The Belarusian PM had a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Pavel Filip, followed by an enlarged meeting of the Moldovan and Belarusian delegations, the government’s communication and media relations department has reported.  

The sides tackled subjects on the entire framework of the Moldovan-Belarusian cooperation in the political, economic, social and cultural sectors.

Pavel Filip emphasized the constructive and open character of the Moldova-Belarus dialogue, expressing confidence that there was a great potential to boost the bilateral ties. ‘’The present visit is an extra proof of the good relations between our countries. Belarus is not just a partner of Moldova, but also a good friend,’’ Pavel Filip said. The Moldovan PM welcomed the organization of the 17th meeting of the joint inter-governmental commission for trade and economic cooperation, due in Chisinau today. Pavel Filip noted that this was a good platform of dialogue to identify the best solutions to common problems and adopt mutually advantageous decisions.  

For his part, the Belarusian PM said the bilateral visits by the heads of state had raised the cooperation relations and trust between Belarus and Moldova to a qualitatively new level. ‘’The friendly atmosphere of the bilateral dialogue at all levels allows us discussing constructively and adopt mutually advantageous decisions on the whole spectrum of topics. The main subject of the today discussions is to identify points of growth of the economic cooperation,’’ the Belarusian prime minister said, stressing that there were positive pre-requisites to this end. Kobyakov specified that, in the first seven months of 2016, the trade exchanges had increased by ten per cent against the last year, amounting to 150 million dollars.  

The sides paid special attention to possibilities to create joint ventures and encourage reciprocal investments in diverse fields. The officials made proposals of cooperation in the agro-food sector, in the pharmaceutical, seeds production, as well as the wine-making areas.

Also, the sides referred to the importance to foster the cultural ties. In this context, the official highlighted that the opening of the Belarusian culture centre in Chisinau would help turn to good account the potential in this sector.

Belarusian PM Andrei Kobyakov pays a two-day official visit Moldova. The visit’s agenda comprises meetings with the Moldovan leadership, participation in the inauguration of the Belarusian culture centre in Chisinau and events organized within the National Vine Day. A Moldovan-Belarusian economic forum, a meeting of the joint-inter-governmental commission for trade and economic cooperation take place on the occasion of the visit today. Also, bilateral agreements will be signed, after which Prime Minister Pavel Filip and Andrei Kobyakov will give a news conference.  

(Editor A. Raileanu)