Foreign Ministries of Belarus and Croatia To Hold Political Consultations
28 July 2003On July 29 the political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Belarus and Croatia are to be held in Minsk.
The Belarusian delegation will be headed by chief of the division of Central Europe of the department of Europe of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Oleg Vonsiak. The Croatian delegation will include the leaders of the departments of Central and South-Eastern Europe, European integration.
Within the framework of the consultations the sides will consider bilateral cooperation, current state and prospects for development of political dialogue between Belarus and Croatia, relations in trade and economic sphere.
The sides will also look into prospects of development of contractual and legal base of bilateral cooperation and enhancement of cooperation in the framework of international organizations. The Ministries will exchange information on political, social and economic situations in the two states and on relations of Belarus and Croatia with neighbouring states.
The diplomatic relations between Belarus and Croatia were established on September 25, 1992. There is no Belarusian Embassy to Croatia and there is no Embassy of Croatia to Belarus. The states maintain their bilateral relations through their embassies to Russia.
Trade turnover between the two countries made $11.5 million in 2002, which was 24.5% down on year. Belarusian exports to Croatia made up $8.6 million and reduced by 22.4%, imports from Croatia totalled $2.9 million and went down by 30.9%.
In January-May 2003 bilateral trade turnover between the states surged by 42.8% as against the same period last year and amounted to $8.3 million. Over the period in question Belarusian exports grew by 3% and reached $4.8 million, while imports revealed a 3fold increment and equalled $3.6 million.
Belarus is mainly exporting to Croatia potash fertilizers, tractors, synthetic fibres. Croatia supplies Belarus with medicines, microcircuitries, communication equipment.
As of January 1, 2003 the Belarusian Foreign Ministry registered 3 commercial companies with Croatian investments.
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