On November 13, the Belarus Investment Forum "Belarus calling Asia" was held in Singapore, dedicated to Belarus' cooperation with the countries of the Asian region in the financial and investment sphere.

The forum was attended by representatives of leading Asian trade and investment companies, financial institutions, Chinese enterprises and organizations.

From the Belarusian side, the Forum was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vasily Matyushevsky, First Deputy Minister of Finance Maxim Ermolovich, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the National Bank Sergey Kalechits, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the People's Republic of China Kirill Rudy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of Singapore concurrently Valery Kolesnik, Head of the Great Stone Industrial Park Administration Alexander Yaroshenko, Head of International Cooperation Office of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus Tatiana Turovets, Chairman of the Board of JSC Belinvestbank Andrey Brishtelev, CEO of the investment fund Zubr Capital Oleg Husaenov and others.

"Belarus is open to any initiatives of foreign business. Every year our country becomes more attractive for foreign entrepreneurs. The government is constantly working to improve the conditions for doing business. We are aimed at establishing long-term and mutually beneficial partnerships with investors and international financial institutions. The Belarusian Investment Forum in Singapore is an excellent opportunity to acquaint the Asian business circles with the conditions of doing business in our country, our opportunities, advantages and prospects for cooperation," said NAIP Deputy Director Mikhail Dashuk.

In Belarus, with the active assistance of the Chinese partners, Great Stone Industrial Park, the pearl of the Silk Road was created. In such favorable conditions, our country successfully creates the future for innovative technologies and multimodal logistics. Belarus is ready to offer Asian companies interaction on the Belarusian section of the New Silk Road. Such cooperation can be the arrival of Asian business in the Great Stone.

Within the framework of the Forum there were presentations of the investment climate of Belarus, Great Stone Industrial Park, speeches of First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vasily Matyushevsky, Senior State Minister of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of National Development of Singapore Kokha Poha Kun and others. A series of agreements were signed, namely in the field of trade and investment between Belarusian and Asian partners, including the appropriation of Belarus's sovereign rating in China according to the national scale for the placement of securities on the financial market of China in RMB, the entry of a new resident into Great Stone Industrial Park, the development by the Chinese company in Belarus of the project "Carsharing - machines for general use", the supply of large quantities of dairy products and poultry meat from Belarus to China, natural rubber for tire production from Singapore to Belarus.

The organizers of the Forum are the National Agency of Investment and Privatization, the Embassy of Belarus in the People's Republic of China, the Embassy of Belarus and Indonesia with the assistance of the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus, the Representative Office of OJSC Belshina in Singapore.