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5/22/25, 2:51 PM Belarusian PM meets with UAE state minister to discuss trade

Belarusian PM meets with UAE state minister to

discuss trade

Screenshot of the Belarusian government's video

MINSK, 8 May (BelTA) – Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin met with UAE
Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi in Minsk on 8 May to
discuss simplifying trade between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the
UAE, the press service of the Belarusian government told BelTA.

Aleksandr Turchin noted that at the upcoming EAEU summit, due to be held in
Belarus in late June, an economic partnership agreement will be signed between the
EAEU and the UAE to create a full-fledged free trade zone. "We are also interested in
signing an intergovernmental agreement on trade in services and investments
between Belarus and the UAE," he emphasized.

Addressing the UAE minister, Aleksandr Turchin added that his first visit to Belarus
coincided with a significant event: the opening of the Minsk International Exhibition
Center. "I was involved in the creation of this project during the visit of the former
crown prince in 2019. We were launching the large-scale Northern Waterfront project.
This project is very important to us: it is one of the landmark projects carried out by
foreign investors in our country," the prime minister said.

He expressed gratitude to the UAE leadership and the company that is investing
substantial funds in Belarus. "This project attracts other countries that, seeing how
you invest in our country, also seek to come and invest their resources," Aleksandr
Turchin remarked.

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