, was discussed by the ambassador of belarus to the arab republic with the head of the egyptian commercial service the former minister of trade and industry. an algorithm for joint actions to organize joint events this year has been determined. cooperation, they also talked about expanding interaction between belarus and egypt in the trade and economic sphere in the field of industrial cooperation. the belarusian financial support fund is holding a competition investment projects of small businesses to help their business financially, through a loan, when money is given on a repayable, free basis, or leasing property on a financial lease basis. the deadline for accepting applications is april 1. this year. you can find out more about the terms of the competition on the website of the ministry of economy. in belarus, the number of cases of economic insolvency dropped by more than a third last year, the ministry of economy reports. for comparison, in 2022 the number of such cases decreased by 21%. the largest decrease was noted in minsk by one and a half times in the mogilev and minsk regions by 60.