BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/01/2009

Foreign Ministries of Belarus and Denmark held consultations

On 29 January, the Foreign Ministries of Belarus and the Kingdom of Denmark held consultations in Minsk.

The Belarusian delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Valery Voronetsky, the Danish delegation by Deputy Foreign Minister of Denmark Michael Silmer-Jons. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Sweden and Denmark (with residence in Stockholm) Andrei Grinkevich also took part in the consultations.

The Foreign Ministries discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation, including those related to developing political dialogue, enlarging trade, economic and investment cooperation, improving legal framework of bilateral relations, as well as relations between Belarus and EU, cooperation within the Council of Baltic Sea States and other issues.

Related information. In January-November 2008, the trade between Belarus and Denmark totalled US $ 116.3 million with 103.1 per cent growth against the same timeframe of 2007. Belarusian export went down by 39.3 per cent amounting to US $ 19.8 million. Meanwhile, Danish imports increased by 20.3 per cent making up US $ 96.5 million. Trade balance turned up negative for Belarus with US $ 76.8 million.

Belarusian export to Denmark features rapeseed oil, medical appliances, plastic materials and timber. Belarus hosts 21 enterprises with Danish investment (9 joint ventures and 12 foreign companies). They specialize in medical equipment and cloth production, as well as in retail trade and services. In January-September 2008, Denmark invested to Belarus 6.6 US $ million with US $ 4.5 million as FDI.

Source:

http://www.isria.info/en/diplo_30january2008_70.htm

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