MINSK, 6 January (BelTA) – The Minsk oblast is implementing 14 large-scale investment projects jointly with the Russian, Iranian, Lithuanian and Belgian investors, BelTA learnt from the economy department of the Minsk oblast executive committee. The projects are aimed at the construction of housing, transport and logistics centers, hypermarkets along the Minsk ring road. The Minsk region has launched the construction of a plant to produce detergents for the industrial and household purposes (the M-Standart Company and Cyprian investments – Br4.9 billion). The August-Bel company (Russia) is constructing a facility in the Pukhovichi region to produce crop-protecting agents (the amount of foreign investments is Br35.2 billion). Ten investment projects are carried out in the Minsk oblast in accordance with the Belarus logistics system development program through 2015. This is the construction of transport and logistics centers in the Minsk region (the Prilesye transport and logistics center, Italian investments - $150 million and the BLT-Logistic together with the investors from Great Britain, Germany and Sweden) and in the Volozhin region (BelVingesLogistic, Lithuanian investments - $23 million). Several more investment projects are to be launched in 2010. The investment policy of the Minsk oblast will center on further improvement of the investment climate, boosting demand for investment resources of juridical entities, the economy department of the Minsk oblast executive committee said. Preferences envisaged in Ordinance No 10 will help investors optimize the financing of the construction of manufacturing buildings, engineering infrastructure. БЕЛТА
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