President Pranab Mukherjee Visits Belarus Tuesday June 02,2015

 

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko with  Pranab Mukherjee at the Presidential Palace in Minsk on June 3, 2015

President Pranab Mukherjee with his counterpart from Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko inspecting the guard of honour during his ceremonial reception at Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus.

 

President Pranab Mukherjee who arrived on June 02,2015 Tuesday night on a two-day visit, was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the majestic Palace of Independence by Belarusian President A.G. Lukashenko.

This is the first presidential visit from India to Belarus, a landlocked East European country.

The Belarus President had visited India twice in 1997 and 2007. 

India and Belarus inked six agreements, including a Roadmap for India-Belarus Cooperation as President Pranab Mukherjee held talks here with Belarusian counterpart Alexander V Lukashenko.

Besides the roadmap, the agreements include a protocol amending the agreement between the two sides for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Property (Capital) of September, 27, 1997.

A MoU was inked between Bureau of Indian Standards and Belarus' State Committee for Standardization on cooperation in the field of standardization and information support, and another MoU between Prasar Bharati and the National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus (Belteleradiocompany) for cooperation on broadcasting.

Both sides also inked a MoU on cooperation between the Securities and Exchange Board of India and Belurusian ministry of finance and a MoU between India's textiles ministry and the Belarusian State Concern for Manufacturing and Marketing of Light Industry Goods 'Bellegprom'.