Belarus and Austria open new page in their relationship

13 октября 2015

Daria Belousova Petrovskaya:

The head of the state met Deputy Chairman of the National Council of the Parliament of Austria Karlheinz Kopf and President of the Chamber of Economy Christophe and Christoph Leitl, President of the Austrian Chamber of Economy.

The Belarusian President thanked Austria for investment and support to modernization of Belarusian enterprises.

Karlheinz Kopf, Deputy Chairman of the National Council of the Parliament of Austria: "Yesterday you had a landslide victory in the election and the European Union made the first step to abolition of sanctions. I am confident that Belarus and Austria are entering a new era of cooperation".

Christoph Leitl, President of the Austrian Chamber of Economy: “Austria accumulated experience in such fields as infrastructure, technology, environment, health care and electronics.”

The Austrian-Belarusian-Russian forum was held for the second time. It resulted in new contracts.

Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus: “I welcome Austrian business. We have to open new page and move forward. We will be protecting you as we protect our Belarusian companies.”

Last year the trade turnover between our countries amounted to 300m USD. 4 big investment projects with Austrian capital are implemented in Belarus.

The readiness of Belarus for cooperation was confirmed by the Chair of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko.

Karlheinz Kopf, Deputy Chairman of the National Council of the Parliament of Austria: “Europe highly appreciates the efforts of Belarus in settlement of the Ukrainian crisis and the role of a mediator it plays.”