Effective ways at raising bilateral trade and widening economic cooperation as well as bolstering inter-chamber interaction between Ghana and Belarus topped the discussion when the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Ghana to the Russian Federation and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), H.E. (Dr.) Kodzo Kpoku Alabo, held a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vladimir Ulakhovich, in Minsk, capital of Belarus.

Both sides reached an agreement to further identify key areas of mutual cooperation between the two countries and prepare a development program of mutual interaction.

The sides noted the untapped economic potentials and the importance of information exchange and the participation of enterprises and organizations from Ghana and Belarus in exhibitions and fairs, and other public business activities in the two countries.

Dr. Alabo is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ghana to Belarus with residence in Moscow.

According to official reports, Belarus and Ghana established diplomatic relations in June 1992. The bilateral trade was estimated at $35.2 million in 2013. Belarus, an ex-Soviet republic, is a member of the newly created Eurasian Economic Union.