Belarus remains an important consumer of Moldovan food and wine products, Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov stated in a press briefing held in concert with Pavel Filip.

“This year bilateral trade rose by 10% to US$150 million. The major goal of the current negotiations was to really intensify the bilateral commercial-economic relations and there are solid preconditions to ensure this,” stated the Belarusian official.

According to him, Moldova and Belarus aim both to step up the bilateral actions and this is the most important thing. This means that maximum effort will be made to intensify cooperation at all the levels.

For his part, Pavel Filip said the open and pragmatic discussions will significantly contribute to the strengthening of the relations between the two governments. “We consider Belarus is a major regional partner. In the meetings and discussions we had, we ascertained an advanced level of the relations between Moldova and Belarus, which continue to develop based on principles of friendship, respect and mutual support,” stated the Prime Minister.

He noted that the two countries maintain active multidimensional ties, including intense cooperation relations in the commercial-economic sphere. “We have good cooperation relations, but we can and will do more together,” he said.

Pavel Filip noted that Belarus is an important market for the Moldovan products and highly appreciated the stability and predictable character of the commercial and economic relations.

At the end of Andrei Kobyakov’s visit to Chisinau, there were signed a number of bilateral agreements that were reached by the joint intergovernmental commission for commercial-economic cooperation and contracts for the supply of autonomous trolleybuses and for the supply and assembly of trolleybuses in Chisinau.