On Belarus ? EU Dialogue on Economic and Financial Issues

23 November 2012

23/11/2012

On November 21, 2012 Second Meeting of the Belarus – EU Technical Dialogue on Economic and Financial Issues took place in Brussels.

The Belarusian delegation was headed by Mr.Dmitry Goluhov, Deputy Minister of Economy. The delegation included Mr.Maksim Ermolovich, Deputy Minister of Finance, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy, National Bank and Mission of Belarus to the EU.

Mr. Heliodoro Temprano, Head of Unit for Neighbourhood Countries and Macro-Financial Assistance of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission headed the EU delegation, which also included experts and policy analysts of the Commission, policy officers of the European External Action Service.

During the meeting the participants exchanged opinions on main macroeconomic trends in Belarus and the EU, noted the open nature of the dialogue. The sides confirmed their mutual interest in further extension of quality contacts in this area, underlined practical importance of the dialogue with the view of supporting the process of Belarus access to the WTO, development of the new country programs for Belarus by the international financial institutions, providing the European Union with the first-hand information on privatization and other processes in Belarusian economy that are of interest to the European side, participation of Belarus in the Eurasian Economic Union.

The third meeting of the Dialogue will take place in Minsk in the second half of 2013.

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