Belarusian-Spanish intergov. commission

The first meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Belarusian-Spanish Commission for Economic and Industrial Cooperation (hereinafter - the Joint Commission) was held on October 18, 2017 in Minsk.

From the Belarusian side, the Joint Commission was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Kravchenko, Spanish - by the Director General for International Trade and Investment of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain Mr. Jose Luis Kaiser Moreiraz.

The participants of the Joint Commission discussed the prospects of the Belarusian-Spanish cooperation in the field of trade and investment, the strengthening of the institutional structure to promote trade and economic cooperation and the expansion of the legal framework.

The following priority sectors for development of cooperation between business circles of Belarus and Spain are determined: modernization of industrial potential, energy efficiency, transport and logistics, infrastructure, public-private partnership projects, information technologies.

The results of the meeting are fixed in the final protocol signed by the parties.

Press Conference of the Co-Chairs of the Joint Intergovernmental Belarusian-Spanish Commission on Economic and Industrial Cooperation (video)

Within the first meeting of the Joint Commission in a narrow format, which took place on the basis of the National Centre for Marketing and Conjuncture of Prices, the presentation of the National Accreditation System of the Republic of Belarus was held, the proposals of the BSCA for cooperation in the field of accreditation were sent to the Spanish colleagues.