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the time of quick decisions and discoveries belarusian enterprises are already writing the history of new addresses for the assembly of their equipment, the supply of components and the conquest of 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 what is always profitable to sell, as well as sincere, how best to give. here is the president of belarus during a state visit to africa, he came with a gift of a tractor for the personal subsidiary plot of the zimbab president. by the way, our belarussians are already actively working in these fields, and new contracts will be signed even more disputes of such machines. this includes the solution of food security issues for this country. we also

offer at a rate of their food and other new ones. without africa, there can be no prospects in the world; in general, resources are here. there are people here. here people every year become more educated, here and the latest technologies come here, the world cannot develop without africa, therefore we are our friends here. 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 missions this year today number one for the chairman of the belarusian chamber of commerce and industry mikhailakov. mikhail mikhailovich hello. i certainly welcome you, thank you. here i am looking at the souvenirs in

your office. of course, you can follow the history, business missions, the chamber of commerce and industry , where you were, what you saw it turns out every time. strangeness, recently the prime minister's visit was part of the delegation. the prime minister's visit. iran and syria. you have just returned, of course, from zimbabwe you still managed to bring something to replenish the exhibits. well, first, perhaps, the impression. i want to say that they are probably the most needed useful continent and about the country, and the people of a wonderful country. and if from the material, then he brought a hippopotamus. well, not alive, of course, a joke is a souvenir, so i want you to have a hippopotamus, which the real african is associated with africa yes, of course, for many peoples and tribes of africa, this is the totem animal, i would say, even to some extent a symbol,

probably, of strength and stability, therefore, they worshiped and always fed the tribes of africa from the hippopotamus, therefore, well, such a souvenir came to me wonderfully. a here, when a business mission is being prepared to different countries, let alone different continents. these are, probably, some different approaches that are completely different in the preparation of 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 preparing business -missions, 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 there was a meeting with the ambassador of zimbabwe, who concurrently is in russia concurrently in belarus, he came to our chamber and just proposed 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 in a pandemic. unfortunately to do so that many contacts are paused online after all he is not the same absolutely yes so we uh last year held our national exposition held showed our products at the zimbabwe international exhibition. and this business mission was already being prepared more actively. the doors of the visit of the head of state and timed, of course, to the visit of our president and the delegation was a result of 33 campaigns. we sent all spheres of interest to the chamber of the chamber in advance, naturally, sent it out among the business community. zimbabwe and as a result, 120 zimbabwean companies registered to participate in the forum. i think i would say the biggest

our events that we generally held 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 footage where you treated zimbambians to 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. business representatives of official delegations all members of the state delegation of the republic of belarus , vice-presidents of the republic of belarus and ministers, but this, of course, gave status, that means the event, where presentations of our export potential were made in the future, and tools to support our exports. zimbabbians, of course, also talked about the conditions for investing. it was a plenary part, the second part of the forum is a two-way

b2b negotiations with each other between companies, based on super interests, because several directions. this is a machine building. formation optics services educational medical services and 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 visit to zimbabwean companies is already in place and the negotiations continue, so most of the delegations arrived this first time, but moving on to the fact that a small exhibition was presented. uh, and a tasting treat, of course, a dry mixture was developed, which the degree of storage is not necessarily the temperature regime. and just right without a fridge. even storage in the zimbaly freezer apparatus, which is based on our

milk powder, and made ice cream juice powder, earthy guava larva, here is this mixture. 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 vice-president zimba highly appreciated the quality of 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 the other side, to which they are accustomed, in principle, to the earth. there was said a little belarusian winter in the african summer. mikhail mikhailovich you have 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 here are these negotiations the amount of contracts. yes , probably some of the initial ones are already visible, but always in business negotiations and this is such a forward casting of the bait that they can increase the number of contracts out of the 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 a 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 signed an agreement on cooperation between the confederation of belarusian family industrialists. already confirmed in the visit, the industrial visit to our machine-building complex. i think new contacts will be established here after the visit. our partners, i mean the chamber of commerce. 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 an opportunity. we want to introduce them from food to agricultural engineering in one place to to visit enterprises, and in one place to show our export potential directly at the exhibition, i want to say that all the agreements that were signed during the visit and the minister of foreign affairs have already said that if they are digitized for the next 2 years, taking into account in the near future, about 4,000 units of all equipment will be delivered. this is the result of our president's visit of about $200 million. here is what will be implemented in the near future. in the next 2 years, the topic was also touched upon at the negotiations and investments in the hospital were not against us investing in their economy in some areas. we are interested in investments in this country. i must

say that they already exist, because service centers have been created and are operating, which, for the maintenance of belarusian equipment, which already , uh, are working in the fields and quarries by the thousands. uh, zimbabwe, these centers are not only sales centers. these are service centers. this is a parts warehouse. these are training classes. e people who will work and manage this equipment, including the repair base, which is being created in several places, including, uh, where the technology works, so we can already talk about investments that are zimba and the second sphere, uh, which is booming this mining industry, because the earth would be the whole table . mendeleev, there are a lot of lithium electric vehicles without a battery, without 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 it is 14.000 a carat e of diamonds, so this is a huge number, but of course, there are also constraining factors. the main one is the underdeveloped infrastructure and the imperfection of investment legislation. therefore, these are the things that we accept. uh, participation directly is the creation of infrastructure, therefore, when creating an energy road structure. i think the development will take place even exponentially. the main wealth of the zimbabs you are hidden in the bowels of the african land. gold platinum. nickel have rare metals and precious stones. almost the entire periodic table provides a fifth of the country's gdp, as a result, a promising sector for belarus, the mining industry is our quarry equipment. it is not new here that this practice is expected to scale. 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 supplied more than 1,800 units of equipment to zimbabwe, and on the eve of the business in in harare, agreements were reached on deliveries of more than 3,500 tractors within two years. and here, given such different directions and our interest, probably business missions of business contacts from down the line. minsk harari. there will be more, especially after the president's state visit. their a priori should be more undoubtedly already in april of the often international zemlist exhibition, and with our national pavilion. there is a great interest of enterprises. flurry of calls. now after the visit of the president and i think that a large delegation from our e export-oriented enterprises will come out in april, and the zimbabwe exhibition. we'll appreciate it. than it will not only be business zimba attend the exhibition. these are all

close countries. therefore, we see that this is a huge number of visitors from neighbors, therefore participation in this exhibition, as always, is the analysis of exhibitions. we are the first criteria that make how many visitors there were and from which countries. and then you decide to offer our exporters participation in this or that exhibition. well, this is probably the most important interesting fact, because africa is of course not only zimba in africa is a huge continent. and there are many countries with fast-growing gdp , but for us today it is a promising continent as a whole, and some countries may be such beacons, where we would like to go, maybe strengthened stronger. you know, if you look at a map of africa, i would divide it all equatorial africa this is everything below the sugars and south africa is a raw material africa north africa uh, this is more a 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 a colony, of course france then great britain was a colony of great britain, resources were pumped out. e. well, today only zimba gained independence in 1980. it 's literally yesterday. this is in our lifetime, so the country is just beginning to develop, so our president said very succinctly for the africa of the future, so it’s profitable for us to invest here after all in developing countries, because prospects they will pay off later than we will in years, but rather large 30% of the world. the reserves of these raw materials are in africa in many ways, as i said, and this is gold, this is 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, where, in relation to five african countries out of 54, five diplomatic missions are established on continent in south africa and egypt kenya nigeria and zimbabwe are a pillar in advancing our interests in the region. so, according to the results of 2021, the belarusian african trade turnover amounted to $ 500 million, with an absolute preponderance of our exports of $480 million, agricultural, cargo mining equipment. metallurgy products in the portfolio of domestic deliveries, belarus relies on industrial cooperation started in alexandria back in 2017 , the assembly production of the mtz plant was opened and swung to the market of the south african republic it is possible that soon here will start producing belarusian tractors under the local brand, 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 african pensioners to take. or maybe there is a mozambit here, or some negotiations are underway that are interesting to us for the twenty-third year. 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. uh, angola egypt, these are the countries in which we will still participate in exhibitions this year. last year. we participated in kenya, therefore, if we spent the previous years in the seventeenth year, the belarusian african forum 21 was held, we participated in the form, and to a greater extent diplomats, now we have probably switched to the practice of working, then, chechnya directly with countries already with specific for deepening business cooperation, that is, so that already by sectors of the economy interests can be established. when we enter the same country, i set up some kind of assembly

production, of course, we count. it is for the supply of these goods or neighboring markets. in particular, in zimba it was also said, for example, just cooperation. yes , the president of belarus was on a visit to sudan at one time. zimba in particular, well, we can already say our reference point and where a huge amount of equipment will be concentrated in the near future, which can be sold to other regions. uh, winter appears by a country that is part of the continental free trade zone. and we have the opportunity to dozens of countries duty-free in the future to deliver our products from this country to other countries, therefore, although there is no access to the sea in the near future , these ports are either in south africa or in mozang, but at the same time, uh. this is a very convenient platform for contacts with other countries, the issue of logistics is known, basically, here is the movement of the delivery of goods. it also occupies a significant share in the cost

in the final cost of goods africa is not close to the continent, but still we find it is possible to find these optimal ways. of course i want to say that the sanctions carried their adjustments. those transport routes that we have always used, but today they are violated and enterprises are looking for new ways to deliver goods, so it’s either at the beginning of the railway communication, then transshipment in ports and delivery to the ports of africa closest to zimbawa, for example, either south africa or mozampik. and then again transshipment in the port and delivery directly of our own tractors. zimbala road covers 18.000 km. this is a very long distance and in time stretches up to three months. delivery, based on the sanctions here are these new routes and lengthening of the passage time. including an international

company and stood up speculative bidding, the lack occurred before the availability of containers, because for it the delivery time, therefore, the containers began to be returned less often, 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 programs. uh, the same zimbabwe agricultural. 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 optimistically, we look, of course, because enterprises quickly reoriented themselves and found new logistics routes for selling 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 a delegation of specialists to work it out in detail. here is our cooperation. this is a complex market, 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, so you can consider the united arab emirates from various angles, this is the supply of products of our labor. we are coming for 2 weeks already, we will be holding dubai to participate, and food exhibitions of 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 have already said, is the re-export of our products thanks to the developed port infrastructure, therefore, from all sides the united arab emirates is interesting in terms 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 the expo belarus was represented by its national pavilion at 1.500 m, which i visited. and here half a year passed expo and belarusian. the counter showed that the pavilion was visited by about a million people, so we are already present there, of course, the market is such interesting for us. but the exhibition you said in the near future, it will be

held grocery. we also prepare certain products for this market by specialists. yes, of course, halal products, which will be presented there in the first place. certificates, therefore, have already been accredited and represent ready-made products, where the products of the emirates are our main partner among the arab states in the persian gulf over the past 5 years, mutual trade has more than tripled trade in services. in particular, transport prevails. the uae is a notable 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, 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 in 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. this year, in general, a plan for such events and business ideas and it is full of exhibitions, yes, here we are already starting this year zimba, but i want to say that she is on our calendar, the twenty-third year is 42 exhibitions in various countries. long arcs in the first place and mongolia and china and south korea we will also be represented in in pakistan this year i want to say that we do not forget europe either. 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 to agricultural, machine building 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 of the post-soviet space, of course, in the nearest neighbors, belarus russia, we have quite active contacts recently 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 in the same way as for the industrial exhibition and at the prom. she is also against russia, i want to say that has already become a tradition. e, business council, belarus russia, under the auspices of the chambers of commerce and industry of the two countries , is going to hold within the framework of the forum the regions regional business. this includes the heads of the regions to gather parliamentarians, and we are holding our business council in this anniversary form, which will be held in ufa. plan our big exhibition and

fair for the sale of belarusian products, both food and light industry. therefore, there will be a very large-scale event through the chamber of commerce and industry. well, here are the agreements at the level of presidents. they somehow push the business in the regions of even distant russia to look at the goods from belarus, they can still offer some and joint assemblies, because we are now cooperation so absolutely it comes first. for us, a signal for further cooperation is business, whether belarus or russia even addresses you in resolving some issues , the chamber of commerce and industry resolves, there may be some controversial issues. maybe it helps in some way to go to some enterprise in a particular market and say that because of the sanctions imposed against our country. hmm , cases of the company's appeal due to force majeure, which are insurmountable , have become very frequent strength. if in the seventeenth to the nineteenth year we had only 74 for 3 years, i am forgiven, then

only for 22-350 witness. it is now very important to issue certificates. e unstoppable force. the so-called force majeure. well, you help, of course, of course, the international court of arbitration the court of arbitration, which is located at the belcompp, among other things, our exporter is acting on external transactions that they entered into a contract and for some reason could not fulfill. i want to go back, probably now, uh, to the film industry on offer government of the russian federation, our government has decided to participate in this exhibition as a partner country. what is it? i can explain that we will have to build 3.000 m². we were given the truth, very good financial conditions and 50. yes for 3.000 m². probably, this is the first time in history that such a volume will need to be built up .

a fifty percent discount will be presented at the exhibition, so all sectors of our economy will be presented there, and in the city of yekaterinburg, where it takes place, there will be a big fair belarusian products, a cultural program will be held at the same time. this is the birthplace of our office. therefore, i think that both the cultural program and the creative teams will be able to go there, as a rule. this exhibition is visited by almost all regions of the russian federation business, but the most important thing is that last year we watched, uh, participated and took part. uh, delegations from fifty-five countries, so when we go to foreign industry we show our exhibition, not only russia to the regions of russia, but the show on delegations business representatives from many countries of the world who will come to this exhibition today. here we discussed with you our business interests both on distant continents and near our closest neighbors. here is for you, as chairman of

the chamber of commerce and industry. what is the number one question to realize our ambitious plans? thank you and of course, let everything be fulfilled. thank you

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