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Belarus is taking part in the forum of such a level for the first time. BRICS currently accounts for 42% of the world's population and 31.5% of the world GDP (which is higher than the G7 countries, whose GDP is 30.7% of the world's GDP), about 20% of global trade and 25% of FDI.
Head of the FEZ Minsk Administration Anatoly Buben and President of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association MUSIAD Belarus Mikail Caliskan discussed promising business projects and the most important cooperation issues during a business meeting in Minsk.
In January-July 2023, the Belarusian economy demonstrated recovery growth and adaptation to sanctions. Gross domestic product increased by 2.9%. The drivers behind the economic growth were industry, agriculture, wholesale trade.
"Russia's contribution to Belarus' foreign trade volumes was never below 45% during this period. In 2022 it amounted to almost 60%,” Inna Medvedeva said.
Andrei Lebedev remarked: “Ecology Expo 2023 is a sought-after international event. Rosatom's delegation interacts fruitfully with Belarusian colleagues today. In addition to our main clean product – nuclear energy – we develop an entire range of ecological areas."