MINSK, March 20 (BelTA) – Belarus is interested in more active work of Russian capital in the country, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky noted during his meeting with Vice Premier - Finance Minister of Russia Alexei Kudrin on March 20. According to Sergei Sidorsky, the Governments of Belarus and Russia are considering the participation of Russian investors in projects of Belarusian food-processing and dairy branches. “Yesterday’s meeting of the presidents of Belarus and Russia has confirmed the progress in the energy area including the construction of the Belarusian nuclear and power plant. At the same time, Russian companies are studying Belarus’ proposals dealing with the cooperation in petrochemical branch,” Sergei Sidorsky noted. According to Sergei Sidorsky, the cooperation of both the countries in the banking area is too important as well. He reminded that Belarus has already signed cooperation agreements with Vneshtorgbank and Sberbank. The same agreements are expected to be signed with other financial institutions of the Russian Federation. Belarus intends to continue working with the biggest Russian banks. In turn, they express readiness to grant loans for the Belarusian economy. All that is very important during the global financial crisis. According to Sergei Sidorsky, the implementation of the plan of actions of Belarus and Russia to minimize consequences of the global financial crisis gives some results. Recently, working groups of the two countries have done a lot to settle the problems of the bilateral cooperation. For instance, Belarus is finishing the joint work with the Russian Ministry of Economic Development to adjust the provisions contained in the anti-crisis plan. “The main thing is that economic entities of Belarus and Russia should have equal access to the markets of both the countries. The presidents of Belarus and Russia discussed it yesterday,” Sergei Sidorsky said. According to him, it is necessary to make the work of the ministries of both the countries closer to settle all the problems. It concerns the work of the customs, transport and economic governmental departments. Sergei Sidorsky noted that recently Belarus and Russia have made progress in developing the cooperation ties. For instance, 60% of the trade between Belarus and St. Petersburg are cooperative deliveries. “I believe that during the global financial crises it is necessary to take the measures to develop new enterprises and new technologies,” the Belarusian Prime Minister underscored. БЕЛТА
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