of belarus alexander lukashenko announced this at a meeting with venezuelan foreign minister ivan gil pintoplace the day before. during the meeting in the council of the republic, the parties paid priority attention to issues of a trade and economic nature. the most important and ongoing project at this stage is the resumption of joint assembly work in venezuela. tractor and automotive equipment; in addition, minsk and caracas are working on opening direct flights. all-weather friendship between belarus and china the people's republic of china this year became the second largest trading partner of belarus, the parties in 8 months, we surpassed the $5,800 million mark; in addition to fertilizer, our top supply includes food products for manufacturers , exporting to china is a right that must be earned by going through a special procedure. already 160 brands have been able to do this. the list of brands is constantly growing, but the main project of bilateral cooperation is the great kamen industrial park. the range of shipped products is constantly expanding, the volume of supplies of those