On the 4th Session of Belarus-Bulgaria Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation

07 February 2014

07-02-2014

On February 6 – 7, 2014 the 4^th session of Belarus-Bulgaria Intergovernmental Commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation takes place in Sofia.

The Belarusian part of the Commission was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Ms.Alena Kupchyna, the Bulgarian – by Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy Mr.Krasin Dimitrov.

On February 6, the bilateral meeting of the heads of the Commission, as well as the opening ceremony took place.

On the first day the parties signed the Agreement on the information exchange between State Committee for Standardization of Belarus and State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance of Bulgaria. The agreement simplifies the exchange of information on technical compliance of goods and services of the two countries.

Later on the same day co-chairs took part in the opening of Belarus-Bulgaria business forum. The forum was organized by the National Center of Marketing and Price Study of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus and Bulgaria’s State SMEs Promotion Agency. About 70 Belarusian and Bulgarian companies take part in the forum.

Within the visit to Bulgaria Ms.Alena Kupchyna met with Deputy Chair of the National Assembly of Bulgaria Ms.Maya Manolova. During the meeting the parties discussed the prospects of the inter-parliamentary dialogue development and bilateral cooperation in other areas.

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