Egypt, the world’s biggest wheat importer, will send officials on Monday to thrash out a deal to end the standoff, which saw Moscow respond by suspending imports of Egyptian citrus fruit. Russia’s health agency announced last week that it was introducing “temporary restrictions” to potentially “high risk” Egyptian produce. Egyptian Commerce and Industry Minister Tarek…
China Merchants Group may contribute to a major multi-modal industrial and logistic center, which is currently under construction in Bolbasovo, Vitebsk region, the regional authorities said at the official web site of Vitebsk region administration. Chances are China Merchants Group will sign a memorandum of cooperation with Bremino Group Ltd, the founder of the Bolbasovo…
Belarus will issue more for-fee transit licenses for cargo companies of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. The Ministry of Transport of Belarus adopted a relevant resolution to increase the quota on transit licenses for cargo companies from the aforementioned states. The number of transit licenses for cargo companies from Azerbaijan has been increased from 800 to…
In accordance with the rearmament plan of the Southern MD troops, formations and military units of the 4th Air Force and Air defense army is to receive about 80 pieces of new armament and military hardware. The formations have already received about 30 pieces of modern armament and hardware, including about 10 Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-8MTV5,…
The national association of sugar producers Ukrtsukor has assessed sugar exports from Ukraine for 2015/2016 agricultural year (September-August) at 113,000 tons, up by 3% YoY. According to the association, in money terms sugar exports in 2015/2016 agri-year totaled $52.6 million, not taking into account white sugar made from imported cane raw sugar on a tolling…
Russia’s newly-designed system of approach and docking Kurs-MKP will replace the equipment of Ukrainian manufacture installed on the ISS in two years’ time, the head of radio-technical systems of mutual measurements for the search, approach and docking of spacecraft division at the Scientific Research Institute for Precision Instruments Sergey Medvedev said. “Our task for 2017…
Ukraine is ready to expand a range of agricultural products exported to Palestine and increase the volume of such deliveries, Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Taras Kutovyi has stated at a meeting with Palestinian Agriculture Minister Soufian Sultan, the press service of the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry reports. “Ukraine is ready to…