Alexey Bogdanov: Belarus looks forward to developing cooperation with Italian business
Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Alexey Bogdanov met with representatives of Italian business at MART headquarters.
“Despite the sanctions from the European Union, the Italian business, even in such difficult times, was and is interested in building up cooperation with Belarus. Thus, we are interested in raw materials for industrial processing in order to increase production volumes. Our colleagues, in turn, are interested in the production of restaurant dishes from Belarusian food products using Italian technologies, so we plan to discuss investments in the development of the restaurant business," said Alexei Bogdanov.
The conversation was held in a confidential and constructive manner. The directions of further bilateral cooperation between the countries are substantively considered.
"The topic of sanctions and relations between our countries is the main issue of today's meeting. However, our goal and mission is to confirm the friendship between the Italian and Belarusian peoples. We believe that no one needs sanctions, since this has a bad effect on the economies of all countries. We want to continue to support not only business, but also cultural relations between our countries in these difficult times.As a representative of Casa Italiana, I support these processes and hope that the current situation will improve soon and a peaceful solution will be found," said Simone Trasarti, president of Casa Italiana.
The issues of cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Italian Republic in the field of mutual deliveries of goods, food production from Belarusian raw materials using Italian technologies, investments in the restaurant business, joint projects in the oil and fat industry were discussed. They also touched upon aspects of the interaction of Italian business with OJSC "Mogilevliftmash" in the face of new global challenges.
