ABU DHABI: The UAE delegation to the 7th Belarus Investment Forum led by Eng. Mohammed Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy, met with Belarus’ senior officials.

The delegation met Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Yaroshenko .

The ministry said on Sunday in a statement that the talks focused on ways to bolster the bilateral cooperation ties, especially in the areas of economic, trade, investment, as well as increase in the trade exchange, boosting of partnership between the two private sectors and setting up of joint projects in promising sectors.

The Belarusian Prime Minister welcomed the UAE delegation and conveyed his regards to the Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He lauded good relations between the countries and the participation of UAE in the Belarus investment conferences, noting that there were promising horizons for developing cooperation in all fields of mutual interest. He added that the UAE and Belarus have recently marked 20 years of their diplomatic ties launched in 1992.

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