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businesses are already writing the history of new addresses assembling their equipment, supplying components and conquering new markets near and far. by the way, there our goods know well the quality, reliability and price. well, what else is needed for the agreement to be sealed with signatures? sanctions close some doors for us, but after looking at the map, we found many open ones there. by the way, there our equipment does not need advertising. this is something that is always profitable to sell, as well as sincere. what is the best way to give. so the president of belarus, during his state visit to africa , came with a gift of a tractor for his personal subsidiary farm of the president zimbab, by the way, our belarusians are already actively working in these fields, and soon there will be such machines. more contracts have been signed. this is also a solution to the issue of food

security for this country. we also offer supplies from our food products and other new projects, without africa there can be no prospects in the world. in general, here are the resources. there are people here. here people are getting more and more educated every year, the latest technologies are coming here and here, without africa the world can not develop, therefore, we are here, these are our friends. we came to visit friends. we negotiate with them in the name of our peoples, today in snowy minsk we will talk about the warm welcome in zimbabwe, our interests in africa and the united arab emirates yes, and in other countries and continents, as well as negotiations with russian colleagues and important business of this year today is the number one issue for the chairman of the belarusian trade and industry. mikhail mikhailovich of the plenipotentiary chamber mikhail mikhailovich

hello. of course i welcome you, thank you. here i am looking at the souvenirs in your office. of course, you can follow this and history, business missions, the chamber of commerce and industry , where they were, what they saw is obtained from each country of the news. recently, the prime minister’s visit was part of a delegation of the prime minister’s visit to iran and syria; here is a wine set from iran ; well, first, perhaps, the impression. i want to say that they are probably the most needed and useful on the continent and about the country about the people wonderful side. and if from the material, then he brought a hippopotamus. well, not alive, of course. and what is a souvenir , so i want a hippopotamus, which the real african is associated with africa yes, of course, this is a totem among many peoples and tribes of africa. an animal, i would say, even to

some extent a symbol, probably, of strength and stability, therefore, the tribes of africa bowed down and always fed strength from the hippopotamus , therefore, well, such a souvenir appeared wonderful. but when the business mission prepared in different countries, not to mention different continents. these are probably some different approaches that have their own characteristics when preparing this business mission in zimbabwe no, well, if we are talking about our closest friends, the country's neighbors, the post-soviet space, this, of course, is a completely different principle of building business preparation mission, if we say africa which we are discovering, of course, this is a little different, and i would say that our acquaintance began in the sixteenth year, when the meeting with the ambassador of zimbabwe took place who, concurrently, he is in russia, concurrently in belarus, he came to our chamber and just offered to establish relations with the european chamber of commerce. and

since then, we have already begun to, e, improve our relations, understand each other, and already in the nineteenth year, the first business mission took place. then we had a short break, because the pandemic, unfortunately, made so many contacts. yes, many contacts are paused online after all, he is not the same absolutely yes, that's why we held our national last year the exposition was held and our products were shown at the international zimbabwe exhibition. and this business mission was already being prepared more actively. on the eve of the visit of the head of state and timed, of course, to the visit of our president, and as a result of the 33rd campaign, we sent all areas of interest to the chamber to the chambers in advance. naturally, sent out among the business. zimbabwe and as a result, 120 zimbabwean

companies registered to participate in the forum. i think that there is, i would say our largest events, which we generally spent in africa well, you came to africa, of course, not empty-handed and only equipment. you brought some of our delicacies, some meat, maybe dairy, what else you brought. by the way, we saw the footage where you treated them to the bombers in our ice cream. i want to say that i will probably start by saying that the forum that we held consisted of three parts. the first is the plenary part of the form, in which e. representatives of business of official delegations of state members of the state delegation of the republic of belarus, vice-presidents of the vassals and ministers, but this, of course, gave status, which means the event, where presentations of our export potential were made in the future, and the tools to support our exports, including zimbabbitians, of course, talked about the conditions for investing . it was the plenary

part of the second part of the forum - these are bilateral b2b negotiations with each other between companies, based on super interests, because several directions were presented. this is a machine building. pharmaceutical services educational medical services in the future light industry everything connected with it from cotton from raw materials to finished products. that's the direction they've been working on. ah in two-way contacts and the next day. this is a visit to e-zimbabbi companies already directly on the spot and continued negotiations, so most of the delegations arrived by this for the first time, but moving on to the fact that a small exhibition was presented, a and a tasting treat, of course, a dry mixture was developed, which degree storage, optional temperature conditions, just fit without a refrigerator. even storage in zimbals is a device of friezes, which is based

on our milk powder. ah, done, dry ice cream juice, earthy guava litchichi mango. that's the mix. and it gave out ready- made fresh ice cream, so during the forum, for several hours of the plenary part , 900 servings of ice cream were made. that is to say, i liked it. rad worked. just not stopping. i think that the result will be after this tasting and the vice president of zibaba really appreciated the quality belarusian products. even listening to you, i noticed that we can quickly adapt to the market. yes, they brought their mixture, but at the same time they added the fruits of that side to which the earth was accustomed. there was said a little belarusian winter in the african summer. mihajlovic have you already touched on the business? forum. in general, how did the contacts go there? what are

the main areas we prioritize for ourselves in this market, but in general, how do you assess these negotiations ? some is already visible, but negotiations in business are always such a forward casting of the bait that they can increase the amount of contracts out of the most number of these contracts. yes, i absolutely agree with you because i can say that, as i already said. many arrived for the first time in zimba and held negotiations with partners for the first time with potential future partners, as we hope and i can say that 5 dealer agreements have already been signed. a cooperation agreement has been signed between the confederation of industrialists in belarus zimbabwe has already confirmed the visit of industrialists to us a visit to our machine-building complex. i think that new contacts will be established here after the visit of our partners. i mean the room. zimbabwe we are waiting with a delegation at belagro, at our

international exhibition with a visit, therefore, they promised us to come to the exhibition in order to have the opportunity. we want to introduce them from food products to agricultural engineering in one place so that they can visit enterprises, and in one place show our export potential directly on exhibitions, i want to say that those agreements that were signed during the visit already and the minister of foreign affairs already spoke about this, that if they are digitized for the next 2 years, taking into account all the equipment in the near future, somewhere around 4,000 will be delivered. a few are the result of the visit of our president, about $200 million, this is what will be implemented in the near future in the next two years. here at the talks the topic was also touched upon and investments are not against the idea that we invest in their economy in

some areas. here we are interested investment in this country. i must say that they already exist, because service centers have been created and are operating, which service belarusian equipment, which is already working in the fields and quarries by the thousands. uh, zimbabwe these centers. these are not only sales centers. these are service centers. this is a parts store. these are training classes for training, and the people who will work and manage this equipment, including the repair base, which is being created in several places, including uh, where the equipment works, so we can already talk about investments, which are zimbabwe and the second sphere, uh, which is rapidly developing this mining industry, because zimbab is the whole periodic table there is a lot of lithium, electric vehicles. no battery, no lithium. they simply cannot exist, so developments are underway and the whole world

needs it very intensively, i can say that only gold was mined in the twenty-first year more than 30 tons. and if we are talking about diamonds, then this is 14,000 carats of diamonds, so this is numbers, but limiting factors, of course, there is also the main one - this is not a developed infrastructure and the imperfection of investment legislation. therefore, these are the things from which we accept. uh, participation directly is in the creation of infrastructure. therefore, when creating an energy road structure. i think there will be development. in a geometric progression, the main wealth of zimbabwe is hidden in the depths of african soil, gold, platinum nickel has with rare metals, precious stones, almost, the entire periodic table provides a fifth of the country's gdp, as a result a promising sector for belarus, the extractive industry. our career equipment. it is not a novelty here that this practice is expected to be

scaled up. in addition, zimbabwe has set a course for the modernization of agriculture. up to 80% of the population is employed in the agricultural sector belarusian products and technologies in the agricultural industry have attracted the greatest interest over the past 5 years. the minsk tractor works delivered more than 1,800 units of equipment to zimbabwe, and at the previous meeting , an agreement was reached on the supply of more than 3,500 tractors within two years. well, given such different directions , our interests are probably business missions of business contacts from down the line. minsk harari. there will be more, especially after the president's state visit. their apriori should be more undoubtedly already in april.

the continent is promising, and some countries may be such beacons, where we would like to go, it may be stronger to gain a foothold. you know, if you look at the map, e africa, i would divide it, everything, equatorial africa this is everything below the sahara and south africa is raw material africa north africa uh, this is a

large processing africa from egypt to morocco proximity borders the sea across the sea europe 100 years ago africa was completely a colony of european countries most of all owned colonies, of course france then great britain was a colony of great britain pumped out resources. e. well, today only zimba gained independence in 1980. it 's literally yesterday. this is during our lifetime, so the country is just starting to develop, so our president said africa is very capacity the future therefore. it is still profitable for us here to invest in developing countries, because the prospects will pay off later than we will in years, but in rather large amounts of 30% of world reserves. e raw material resources are located in africa in many positions, as i said, and this is gold. is this platinum. these are lithium diamonds. it is ranked first

in the world. so we have to be there and help. and to participate in the development of these raw materials, the african continent is a logical vector of the far arc of the belarusian foreign policy, diplomatic relations have been established with five african countries out of 54 five diplomatic missions on the continent in south africa and egypt kenya nigeria and zimbabwe are a pillar in advancing our interests in the region. so at the end of 2021. the belarusian-african trade turnover amounted to 500 million dollars, with an absolute preponderance of our exports of 480 million, agricultural, cargo quarry equipment. metallurgy products in the portfolio of domestic deliveries, belarus relies on industrial cooperation started in alexandria back in 2017 , an assembly plant mtz plant swung to the market of the south african republic it is possible that soon they will start producing belarusian tractors under the local brand here, their projects in egypt are being worked out and the minsk automobile plant

is talking about other missions, if we plan in the near future. that's it for american pensioners to take. maybe mozambique or some negotiations are underway that are interesting to us for 23 years. we have planned six exhibitions that we will hold ours on the african continent, the first one is called symbols. the next one is nigeria cat divoir. angola egypt are the countries in which we will participate in exhibitions this year. last year. we participated in kenya, therefore , if in previous years we held the belarusian african forum 21 in the seventeenth year, we held the form , and, to a greater extent, diplomats, now we have moved, probably, to the practice of working, then, chechnya directly with the countries already with specific ones to deepen business cooperation, that is, so that interests can be established already by sectors of the economy. when we enter

one country, i was setting up some kind of assembly production, of course, we are counting on it. it is for the supply of these goods or neighboring markets. in particular, the zimbab also said a promotional zombie, for example, cooperation. yes, and the president of belarus was on a visit to sudan at one time. zimbaf in particular, well, you can already tell our reference point and where will be concentrated in the near future a huge amount of equipment that can be sold to other regions. uh, winter appears by a country that is part of the continental free trade zone. and we we have the opportunity to supply state duty to dozens of countries in the future to supply our products from this country to other countries, therefore, although there is no access to the sea, the nearest ports are either in south africa or in a mosaic, but at the same time, uh. this is a very convenient platform for contact with other strange logistics issue, as you know,

basically, here is the movement of the delivery of goods. it also occupies a significant share in the cost in the final cost of the goods africa is not a close continent, but still we find it is possible to find these optimal ways. certainly i want to say that the sanctions carried their own adjustments. those transport routes that we have always used, but today they are broken and businesses are looking for. uh, there are new ways to deliver goods, so it’s either at the beginning of the railway communication, further transshipment in ports and delivery to the ports of africa, the nearest zimbavoy is, for example, either south africa or mozampik , and then again, transshipment in the port and delivery directly to our own tractors. zimbala road covers 18.000 km. this is a very long distance and stretches in time up to 3 months. delivery, based on the sanctions, here are these new routes and the lengthening

of the transit time. including an international company and stood up speculative bidding shortage occurred on the availability of containers, because for them the deadlines, therefore, the containers have become less likely to return, therefore. everything, this mystic has led to an increase in the transport component in the final price of products, but at the same time, enterprises compete and participate in the same zimbabwe agricultural programs. now there will be a new third stage, so new ways have been found and sanctions are new opportunities, as we are already talking about this, we look optimistic, of course, because enterprises quickly reoriented themselves and found new logistics. e. hmm routes to sell their products in new markets. this week. also, probably, there was such a topic number one. these negotiations in the united arab emirates are also not new directions, because we have

constantly maintained relations, and in general they are leading to this investment projects with this country. and at the talks with the president, it was announced that 10 directions we are even waiting for specialists to work it out in detail. here is our cooperation this market is complex, but it is still interesting for us, maybe the chamber of commerce and industry . see some new developments. that's to engage our experts in this market. if we say africa is a developing country, then the united arab emirates is a country with a chic infrastructure - these are opportunities the port infrastructure is very developed and the possibility of re-exporting belarusian products in the future to the african market, therefore uae can be viewed from various angles, this is the supply of products of our labor. we are coming for 2 weeks now we will spend in dubai and participate in a 's food fairs with our products for the local market. second direction. the most important thing, perhaps, is that this is a country with

huge opportunities and finances. these are investments on a net basis that come to our country and we are considering this country, of course, to attract investments to us. and the third component, i already said, is the re-export of our products thanks to the developed port infrastructure, therefore, from all sides, the arab emirates are interesting from the point of view of our contacts. we have signed an agreement with the three chambers with the dubai chamber of abu dhabi and sharjah and a memorandum with the federation of chambers of the united arab emirates. we participated in expo belarus was represented by its national pavilion at 1.500. m. says which visited. and here half a year passed expo and belarusian. the pavilion counter showed was visited by about a million people, so we are already present there, of course, the market is such interesting for us turns out, but the exhibition

you said in the near future, it will be held grocery. we also prepare certain products specifically for this market . yes, of course, halal products, which will be presented there in the first place. our enterprise has already been credited with certificates, therefore, it has already been accredited and represents ready-made products, where the products of the emirates are our main partner among the arab states of the persian gulf over the past 5 years, mutual trade has more than tripled trade in services. in particular transport prevails. in addition , the uae is a significant investor in the belarusian economy. in recent years. it holds the fourth place in terms of capital investments among the priorities that belarus is developing by the emirates. green technologies it and food are another area of ​​mutual business interests. the largest project, the north shore, a multifunctional entertainment complex created according to the principle of a smart city within a city, an arab investor is ready to invest about $5 billion in the project. this is one of the world's largest companies on the account, which, among others, and

the tallest building in the world burj khalifa mikhail mikhailovich has repeatedly stated that, of course, our interests are everywhere where they are waiting for us and, of course, this is not only africa and the united arab emirates. for this year in general the plan for such events and business mixes and exhibitions is full, yes, here we are already starting this year zimba, but i want to say that she is our calendar for 23 years. these are 42 exhibitions in various countries. long arc first and mongolia and china and south korea we we will also be represented in pakistan this year, i want to say that we do not forget europe. we have scheduled participation in the largest exhibition in the balkans. in serbia, in the new garden there will be our agricultural exhibition. this may be to some extent an analogue of our belagro, when food is

still a machine structure and all the balkans will be there, of course. we want our uh, national. the exposition will also be presented at this exhibition. and of course, we will be represented at many exhibitions in the post-soviet space. well, speaking about the post-soviet space, of course, in the closest neighbors, belarus russia, we have quite active contacts lately and in the forum of regions forum. it collects a huge number and manufacturers. yes, and the business community to talk to exchange views this year. he anniversary hosts ufa already getting ready as well as for the industrial exhibition and at the prom. she is also against russia, but i want to say that it has already become a tradition. e, business council, belarus russia under the auspices of the chambers of commerce and industry of the two countries regional business is going to hold within the framework of the forum of regions. this includes the head of the regions, the parliamentarians are gathering, and we are holding our business council at this anniversary forum, which will be held in ufa, and plan our large

exhibition and fair for the sale of belarusian products, both food and light industry, therefore, there will be a very large-scale event and along the line of the chamber of commerce and industry, well, here are the agreements at the level of presidents. they somehow push business in the regions even distant russia can still look at goods from belarus and offer some kind of joint assembly, because now we have cooperation in the first place absolutely. this is a signal for us to continue our cooperation. business, whether it even addresses you through the line, belarus, russia, after all, in resolving some issues, the chamber of commerce and industry resolves, there may be some controversial issues. maybe it helps in some way and go to some enterprise on a particular market here to say that because of the sanctions imposed against our countries and hmm cases of the appeal of the enterprise due to force majeure, circumstances that cannot be overcome, have become very frequent. if in the seventeenth year of the nineteenth year we had

only 74 appeals in 3 years, then only 22nd 350 certificates is a very significant increase in the issuance of certificates, er, force majeure, the so-called force majeure. well, you help to resolve these situations and the international arbitration court, which is located at the bell chamber of commerce and industry, among other things, our exporters have an effect in external transactions that they have concluded contracts and under some circumstances. couldn't fulfill. i would like to return, probably now, to the film industry, at the suggestion of the government of the russian federation, our government has decided to participate in this exhibition as a partner country. what it is could explain that we would have to build 3,000 square meters. we have been given the truth, very good financial conditions. yes, for 3.000 m², probably for the first time in history such a volume

will need to be built up at the exhibition, a discount of fifty will be presented. accent, so there virtually all sectors of our economy will be represented, and in the city of yekaterinburg, where it also takes place in the industrial. uh, there will be a big fair of belarusian products. at the same time, there will also be a cultural program. this is the birthplace of our songwriter. therefore, i think that both the cultural program and creative teams will be able to go there, as a rule. at this exhibition, it is visited by almost all regions of the russian federation business. but the most important thing is that already last year we watched, uh, participated and took part. uh, delegations of fifty-five countries, that's why we are showing our exhibition, not only russia to the regions of russia, but for now, by delegations of business representatives from many countries of the world who will come to this exhibition today. here we discussed with you both our businesses and