On the Session of the Foreign Ministry Collegium

15 February 2013

15-02-2013

On February 15, 2013 the Collegium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus considered the diplomatic service work results in 2012.

Mr.Mikhail Myasnikovich, Prime-Minister of Belarus, the Heads of State Administrative Bodies, enterprises and organizations took part in the session of the Collegium.

Mr.Vladimir Makei, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, made a report in which he estimated the results of work, analyzed the existing problems and outlined the ways of solving them.

The Minister specified the tasks for the diplomatic missions in 2013, which are as follows: the development of export potential and foreign investments attraction.When promoting Belarus products to foreign markets, the focus will be made on the creation of the local assembly plants and service centers. Such an approach allows to build long-term strategy, which takes into account regional specific features and protects against demand fluctuations.

Mr.Vladimir Makei emphasized the role of the Foreign Ministry and the diplomatic missions in coordinating the actions of Belarus agencies and enterprises in foreign countries.

One of the important directions of exports development is the exports of services. In 2013 diplomatic missions will focus on providing assistance to Belarus companies in exporting transport, construction, logistics, touristic and business services.

The participants of the session paid special attention to the work in international organizations and discussed the regional dimension of political and economic cooperation.