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ALMATY. KAZINFORM – It is necessary to create all conditions to develop and disseminate cross-border electronic document flow within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov of Kazakhstan said Friday, Kazinform correspondent reports.
Belarus HTP export exceeds $2.5bn in 2020
Roman Golovchenko
MINSK, 5 February (BelTA) – The export of Belarus Hi-Tech Park exceeded $2.5 billion in 2020 to account for more than 20% of Belarus export of services, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at the Digital Almaty Forum 2021 on 5 February, BelTA has learned.
“Belarus boasts the largest IT cluster in Eastern Europe - the Hi-Tech Park. In 2020, its export exceeded $2.5 billion, which is more than 20% of the total export of services of Belarus,” said Roman Golovchenko.
According to the prime minister, Belarus has developed a sufficient infrastructure for digital transformation. The number of wireless broadband Internet users exceeded 95 units per 100 people in the country. Fiber-optic communication lines connected all settlements with the number of households of 100 and more. “We have the leading position in Europe in terms of fiber-optic-equipped buildings,” he said.
Call to promote cooperation in high-tech industries in Eurasian Economic Union
Mikhail Myasnikovich
MOSCOW, 5 February (BelTA) – We need to promote industrial cooperation in high-tech industries in the Eurasian Economic Union, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Mikhail Myasnikovich said at the Digital Almaty Forum 2021 on 4 February, BelTA has learned from the EEC press service.
Mikhail Myasnikovich recalled that Kazakhstan President, Chairman of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Kassym-Jomart Tokayev outlined industrial cooperation and digitalization as the key tasks for 2021 in his address to the EAEU heads of state. Now the EAEU priorities include a project to set up wholesale distribution centers initiated by Kazakhstan and a project to launch the ecosystem of digital transport corridors proposed by Belarus together with the EAEU partners.