Advanced Belarusian developments shown to UK Minister of State for Trade Policy

20 июня 2019

Belarus strengthens its image of the IT-country. In the HTP, the advanced Belarusian developments were shown to George Hollingbery, Minister of State for Trade Policy at the Department for International Trade, who arrived on a visit to discuss new areas of cooperation in the IT industry. The Minister got acquainted with new solutions in online trading and artificial intelligence technology from medicine to agriculture.

Vsevolod Yanchevsky, Director of the High-Tech Park: “It is very pleasant that in the UK they see both the growth of the High-Tech Park and the products of our IT companies. For High-Tech Park companies, the UK is a very important market, it is the third market by value. And the most important thing is that it is constantly growing. And, of course, if the products that are made in Belarus are valued in the UK, this is a very good sign for us. It is interesting that during the meeting we also discussed the exchange of experience. We are very pleased that part of the Belarusian experience can be analyzed and approved in countries such as the United Kingdom.”

George Hollingbery, Minister of State for Trade Policy at the Department for International Trade of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: “This is incredibly interesting. Your President has done a fantastic job of creating a system for a new industry in Belarus based on education, which is so strong in this region. It seems to me that this was fantastic, the time has come to move on, and the last decree of the President, of course, gave rise to a new stage of development. Your people do amazing work, it's fantastic to see all these companies and their success.”

About 70 HTP residents work closely with the United Kingdom. Last year, they earned nearly 130 million dollars on the export of high technologies to the UK, which is almost 10% of the total exports of Belarus. There are more than 500 companies in the park.