Belarusian-Kazakh IT forum to advance bilateral cooperation

The Belarusian-Kazakh forum on information technologies will become an important stage in the development of cooperation between the two countries. The statement was made as part of the welcome address sent by Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich to participants and visitors of the event that opened in Minsk on 23 April, BelTA has learned.

The welcome address was read out by Belarusian Information Technologies and Communications Minister Sergei Popkov.

“The Belarusian-Kazakh forum on information technologies is meant to contribute to further development of mutually beneficial cooperation, the establishment of partnering relations between IT companies, will become a platform for presenting the export potential and will further the promotion of commodities and services in this sphere to the two markets,” the welcome address reads.

Belarus-Kazakhstan cooperation in the area of information technologies successfully advances, including in the Single Economic Space, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and other integration associations. The Kazakh-Belarusian IT forum that took place in Astana in March 2013 provided broad opportunities for a dialogue between representatives of government agencies and business entities of the two countries. It allowed bolstering interaction in topical avenues of cooperation. The number included digital government, digital commerce, and software development.

The Belarusian-Kazakh forum on information technologies is scheduled to take place in Minsk on 23 April as part of the forum on telecommunications, information and banking technologies tibo 2014.