BELARUSTV — broadcast 20260811 122500 UTC 478 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:04] Stanislau Rabtsau about active recreation with an emphasis [00:00:07] on sports. Summer in the fresh air, the regional [00:00:11] educational and recreational camp "Rescuer Slutsk" receives [00:00:15] a new shift of vacationers. For schoolchildren, [00:00:18] sports and intellectual competitions with an emphasis on life [00:00:22] safety. [00:00:32] at 6 we wake up, we are given half an hour for [00:00:35] assembly for drill, but before drill we do a run, [00:00:39] three laps, then we do exercises and run, well, we run, yes, we go to [00:00:43] drill. I personally have already started closing three sports competitions, 2 years ago I [00:00:47] closed one sports competition at the SPPU, in the second year it was already [00:00:50] cool, this is my third year closing the PSS, a full-time sports [00:00:53] creative competitions are quite many. First we [00:00:57] get up, we get up very early, then... and [00:01:00] morning exercises, drill, [00:01:03] then breakfast, training. I'm at the camp for [00:01:06] the second time, I've never been to Zubryonok, I want to get into [00:01:10] the team, to go to Zubryonok, I am engaged in [00:01:13] combat and I want to get to [00:01:16] the Alps. The best guys are gathered, winners of district, [00:01:20] regional competitions and championships in fire and rescue [00:01:23] sports, in the basics of life safety, [00:01:27] the best guys in medicine. [00:01:31] The guys show themselves [00:01:33] quite successfully, the guys are engaged in [00:01:37] the sports component, this consists of two [00:01:41] types of events, they hone their [00:01:44] skills in the fire [00:01:48] relay discipline 4x100 in the combat deployment discipline from [00:01:51] a fire motor pump. The camp shift is 15 days, during this [00:01:55] time the boys and girls not only get [00:01:57] well, but also strengthen. [00:05:26] In general, in the Republic of Belarus, there is the most stringent regulation of [00:05:29] medicines, medical devices and [00:05:32] medical equipment. For example, I know [00:05:36] there was an idea to adopt a law on consumer extremism, [00:05:39] any number of complaints is many. [00:06:43] Hello, you are watching the program "Say, Don't Be Silent". In the studio Victoria Popova and Tatyana Shchyurbina. And today [00:06:47] our guest, head of the Department [00:06:51] of Social Sphere and Services, Ministry [00:06:54] of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade, Anatoly Yurastov. [00:06:57] Good afternoon, Anatoly Viktorovich. [00:07:01] This is the favorite word "March". Everyone who has anything to do with [00:07:04] the real economy shuddered, [00:07:07] because March regularly sums up the results. Here in [00:07:11] the sphere of household services. Among [00:08:45] the trends in the development of the sphere there is a curious Karaoke chair in a barbershop in [00:08:48] Baranovichi, let's [00:08:49] watch. [00:08:53] It's my own fault, it's my fault for everything, [00:08:57] you still want to justify yourself, [00:09:00] oh why, why on this [00:09:03] moonlit night did I let you [00:09:07] kiss me, oh why, why [00:09:11] on this moonlit. [00:10:25] say that everyone chooses centers for service, [00:10:28] well, let's say, for any [00:10:31] budget, for any conditions, [00:10:33] there [00:10:37] is an offer, so the consumer himself chooses what is [00:10:40] more convenient for him, to sit in a soft chair at a dealer, [00:10:44] to observe the work, or somewhere in [00:10:47] a modest garage, well, the prices [00:10:50] are certainly more pleasant, in the second case the prices certainly [00:10:53] differ. [00:12:02] in particular, many complaints are simply about the high cost of services, the consumer and the performer seemed to have agreed on the cost of [00:12:05] the service, well, then after [00:12:08] leaving or [00:12:11] a new cost may appear without the consumer's [00:12:14] consent, which is a violation of the rules, including [00:12:17] household rules and consumer [00:12:20] law, or [00:12:22] the client... [00:13:05] Well, because you were counting on one amount, and it grew along the way, and you kind [00:13:09] of agree or not, but you are not protected, yes, you [00:13:12] are protected, there is another [00:13:15] nuance, the consumer law has such a norm [00:13:18] that the consumer can [00:13:21] draw up a firm service agreement or... [00:13:55] For example, a situation when, during the repair of either [00:13:58] a residential premise or a car, the master [00:14:01] or foreman notices that the client [00:14:04] does not quite understand the process and begins [00:14:07] to deliberately, well, add some additional services, saying [00:14:11] that you need to replace something there or [00:14:15] fix something, and forces the consumer to pay, then it turns out that [00:14:18] it was absolutely not needed. Yes, can a person [00:14:21] apply, can a consumer apply for - [00:14:29] March for protection or some other, yes, if the consumer considers that he was provided with an improper service [00:14:32] or some services were imposed on him that he is not obliged to do, yes [00:14:36] he can apply to March, but in any case and first of all [00:14:39] demand from the performer an [00:14:41] examination of the quality of this [00:14:44] service, here and [00:14:48] well, mainly this issue is resolved, as I [00:14:51] understand, it is rarely appealed, because people simply do not know that [00:14:55] this can be done, with whom I did not communicate on this topic, [00:14:58] no one knows that a fixed contract [00:15:01] can be concluded with a team, the law on consumer protection, this [00:15:05] not only applies to car service stations, it applies to [00:15:08] all services, all services. Well, name us the three most problematic [00:15:11] areas, we said 200 complaints in the first half of the year, what are people mainly complaining about? [00:15:15] In this half-year, we had quite a lot of [00:15:19] complaints about car service station services, and here are the prices or the quality, what is [00:15:22] not suitable for us, you know, mainly... [00:16:07] or it's up to ten base units, well, that's nothing for car service stations, [00:16:11] yes, largely, well, depending on which car service station, yes, well, that is, [00:16:15] they still listen to [00:16:17] these fines, [00:16:19] and I'll say more, when conducting control and analytical [00:16:23] measures, if any violations of household [00:16:27] service rules are detected, for example, the absence of information on the consumer's corner, [00:16:30] the absence of a price list for service tariffs, [00:16:34] then these recommendations that we issue are immediately eliminated. I understood, [00:16:38] you said car service station, what else can be attributed to problematic [00:16:41] ones, for example, [00:16:44] repair of sewing products, [00:16:48] ateliers, ateliers, yes, that is, there are [00:16:51] complaints about quality, there are [00:16:54] about pricing, the main cost of the service is [00:16:57] the materials that are used, which I don't understand, [00:17:00] material to hem trousers, this is thread, [00:17:04] well, well, thread is use. The market [00:17:15] is very competitive, there are quite a lot of repair [00:17:18] workshops, so the client himself must [00:17:22] choose quality, [00:17:24] service price, tariff, or rather service, [00:17:28] location of this object. On April 25, new rules came into [00:17:31] force, which were approved by the resolution of the Council [00:17:34] of Ministers of March 23, 2006, on the rules [00:17:38] of household services to consumers. The new norms [00:17:40] affected tire fitting, car washes, document processing [00:17:44] at service stations, the procedure for calculating the cost of services. Car service [00:17:47] owners, for example, are now obliged to indicate the exact [00:17:51] cost of each part in the receipts. Do you notice that thanks to these [00:17:54] new rules, the number of contentious situations in [00:17:58] the sphere of household services has decreased? Absolutely, yes, this [00:18:01] has reduced the number of appeals, [00:18:04] complaints, let's say, and... the main [00:18:08] task was to make the [00:18:12] rules of the game in this product market more understandable, that is, so that [00:18:16] the consumer knows what the performer must [00:18:20] do for him and how [00:18:23] he must do it, and so that the performer is [00:18:26] protected from some, well, unfair actions of the same [00:18:29] consumer, because here [00:18:32] it's a two-way game, you don't take a specific [00:18:36] side. In practice, [00:19:08] this time of proving proper quality is often [00:19:11] shifted to the consumer or to the performer, to [00:19:14] the performer. The consumer can prove, but is not [00:19:18] obliged, uh-huh, that is, I can appeal, yes, [00:19:21] if you were provided with a poor-quality service, you [00:19:25] understood that the service is of poor quality, you [00:19:28] contact the performer to conduct an examination [00:19:32] at the expense of the performer, it is conducted. In case [00:19:35] my hair was burned. Here, if the hair was burned, [00:19:39] of course, the only solution to the problem is compensation for moral [00:19:43] damage in court, about 100 [00:19:46] rubles. The last time I [00:19:48] read, well, it's clear, but [00:19:52] here the proof is [00:19:55] still on the consumer, in [00:19:57] this case, the performer will still conduct the examination, uh-huh, [00:20:01] and further actions, well, here also, if suddenly the rights... [00:20:05] если вдруг права... [00:21:50] if it's just such a formality, they forgot, yes, [00:21:53] well, here it's already consumer protection, [00:21:57] but forgive me, Anatoly Viktorovich, well, I talked to [00:22:01] a hairdresser who found a job out of [00:22:04] 10, 15, 20 salons in Minsk, the only one [00:22:08] where they pay salary, not in [00:22:11] an envelope, and checks are issued after [00:22:15] each client, well, that is, this is still a rarity, I cannot, [00:22:18] of course, agree with... [00:23:20] as we would like, the law requires issuing strict [00:23:24] reporting documents, how often do March specialists [00:23:27] detect the fact of the absence of [00:23:30] that very information about the cost of services and generally the consumer's corner? [00:23:34] Very rarely, as a rule, [00:23:37] information concerning the consumer, [00:23:41] which must be placed in accordance with the rules [00:23:44] in a place accessible for the consumer to view, is located either on [00:23:48] the consumer's corner. In a peculiar stand or at the administrator's [00:23:52] desk, uh-huh, well, it is located there, yes, [00:23:56] according to your raids, it turns out that we, well, as I already [00:23:59] said, when we conduct control activities, the same monitoring, yes, [00:24:03] sometimes we identify the absence of some [00:24:06] documents, especially now the list of documents has been expanded, now [00:24:09] it is mandatory to have information on the consumer's corner [00:24:13] or in another accessible place for the consumer [00:24:16] about the presence [00:24:20] of the performer in the register of household services, that is, if you are in [00:24:23] the register, you legally carry out your activities, at the [00:24:27] consumer's request, at this moment the performer [00:24:31] is obliged to provide the consumer with the rules of service [00:24:34] for review, before this was not, not mandatory, [00:24:38] so that these rules were on the stand, but they must be in [00:24:40] an up-to-date edition accessible to [00:24:43] the consumer, at his request he is obliged to provide this to the consumer, [00:24:47] but here this business developed, [00:24:51] private, yes, individual entrepreneurs earned good money and so [00:24:54] on, but at the same time, you see how many [00:24:58] things are revealed, yes, there are nuances, [00:25:01] nuances, even during our conversation, and practice [00:25:05] shows that it is not such a simple matter to open a beauty [00:25:08] salon for yourself, yes, of course, and pricing for [00:25:11] medicines and funeral services will be discussed in the next [00:25:14] part, but for now, let's take a [00:25:16] short break. [00:25:30] Say "Don't be silent" is back on air, and today our guest is the head of the Department [00:25:33] of Social Sphere and Services of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and [00:25:37] Trade, Anatoly Yurastov. The list of medicines was expanded by [00:25:40] 15 positions in 2024 as part of reference [00:25:43] pricing, but buyers sometimes note that [00:25:46] imported analogues from this list sometimes disappear. [00:27:02] the very network of pharmacies that I use in Minsk, the prices [00:27:06] are, well, significantly, noticeably lower than in Minsk, how can this be [00:27:10] explained, there are many factors that [00:27:14] affect the cost of a medicinal [00:27:16] product, in general in the Republic of Belarus there is the most stringent [00:27:19] regulation of medicinal products, medical [00:27:23] devices and medical equipment, there is a decree of the President number [00:27:27] 366, issued on August 11, [00:27:30] 2005, which... provides for maximum [00:27:34] marginal wholesale trade markups and applies [00:27:37] a regressive scale, that is, the higher the selling [00:27:40] price of a medicinal product [00:27:43] or the price of an imported product, [00:27:46] the calculated selling price of [00:27:49] an imported medicinal product, the lower the wholesale [00:27:53] trade markup. This is the first, second, why [00:27:56] there is a discrepancy in prices by [00:27:59] region, and what volumes were purchased? [00:28:03] what batch did the importer have, what was the dollar [00:28:06] exchange rate at that moment, that is, all this is so [00:28:09] interconnected, here and of course [00:28:12] the main thing, many pharmacies do not [00:28:15] apply the maximum trade markup so as not [00:28:19] to go beyond the limits, you mean regions, regions, [00:28:23] yes, in the capital they apply, well, I also cannot agree with you, because [00:28:26] monthly we [00:28:28] analyze [00:28:31] Internet sources. For example, we have such Internet resources [00:28:34] tabletka.by, 103.by and other electronic platforms that [00:28:38] can be monitored, to assess [00:28:42] the actual state, the price range for the same [00:28:45] medicinal product, we find [00:28:48] very few violations, in the first half of the year we had only [00:28:52] two violations in two pharmacies, and even then, as the [00:28:56] pharmacy owners explained to us, there was [00:29:00] a computer program error, the wholesale markup was [00:29:04] exceeded by literally 1% or less than 1%, well, [00:29:07] accordingly, the violation went through the entire chain, to [00:29:11] the culprits, I recently looked at one [00:29:14] drug in Minsk in pharmacies, the price range was from [00:29:18] 40 to 69 rubles, that is, well, this is quite [00:29:21] a serious spread, unfortunately, yes, there can be such [00:29:24] a spread, again, I repeat, it depends on [00:29:27] the time of delivery of the goods [00:29:31] here. [00:30:13] Yes, I must tell the viewers that on the website of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and [00:30:17] Trade there is a separate online form where [00:30:21] you can, well, complain about [00:30:24] an unreasonable price, it seems, this is what concerns Internet [00:30:28] users, and a pensioner who faced a situation when his usual [00:30:31] medicine. [00:31:02] our competence and we, employees of our [00:31:06] department, monitored the websites [00:31:09] of the regional executive committees, the Minsk City Executive Committee, in particular the Minsk City Executive Committee [00:31:13] committee on... [00:32:15] 25% [00:32:17] of popular drugs, when they announce price reductions, I'm even [00:32:20] curious, because in my opinion they are growing, well, [00:32:24] name specific drugs where the price has really [00:32:28] decreased by 20%, well, I will name one drug, [00:32:31] a fairly well-known antibiotic [00:32:33] Sumamed, its cost thanks to [00:32:37] reference pricing was reduced by [00:32:40] 25%, that's why this one got [00:32:43] into... I just remembered it, just what you [00:32:47] remember the most popular one, well, like, I was prescribed it, [00:32:50] I used it for colds, [00:32:53] I was prescribed Augmentin, Augmentin also had a decrease, [00:32:57] but the decrease there was not so great, not 20, I think it was 15%, [00:33:00] well, that is, there are positions, yes, that reference [00:33:04] pricing helps to reduce [00:33:08] the cost of an imported medicine, well, [00:33:11] significantly, by up to 38%, [00:33:14] and does the state regulate the markup on medical devices, [00:33:17] the same tonometers, test strips, which are also [00:33:20] certainly, the same decree, which I mentioned at the beginning, [00:33:24] is Decree 366 of the President of August 11, [00:33:28] 2010 regulates both medicinal [00:33:31] products, medical devices and medical equipment, [00:33:35] tonometers are a medical device, medical equipment, [00:33:38] rather, and you can also see the [00:33:42] same discrepancy, as with medicines. There are stores with prices, [00:33:45] where, well, branded, as they are considered, medical [00:33:49] equipment stores, everything will cost more there. Today, [00:33:52] however, in pharmacies, it happens that you accidentally [00:33:55] find a tonometer at a pleasant [00:33:58] price, and even more so, pharmacies, they [00:34:02] also use distance selling, online stores, where [00:34:06] storage and service are simplified, well, yes, [00:34:10] this is a licensed activity, therefore, [00:34:13] it is engaged in. [00:37:27] the maximum markup is wholesale, here [00:37:31] the profitability is limited, if earlier, when [00:37:35] we carried out control and analytical [00:37:38] measures and analyzed materials, then trade [00:37:42] markups reached up to 300% on the same [00:37:45] coffins, wreaths, and so on, well, this is premium class, [00:37:49] well, everyone knows, well, we have known for a long time [00:37:52] that these are the most in-demand people and [00:37:56] their services, unfortunately. [00:38:27] there is a basic list of services, they are called [00:38:31] guaranteed funeral services, which the state can [00:38:34] provide free of charge to a citizen, therefore, [00:38:37] any citizen who, well, finds himself in [00:38:40] such a situation, probably needs to refer to this basic [00:38:44] list, this basic list, he can ask to go [00:38:47] to - a funeral agency and say, give me the basic [00:38:51] list of guaranteed services, if the consumer [00:38:54] contacts the business entity [00:38:57] that provides funeral services, with [00:39:00] an application for the provision of guaranteed services, with [00:39:04] a death certificate, this entity is obliged [00:39:07] to provide the citizen with - [00:39:10] a list of services at a tariff determined by the [00:39:14] regional executive committee and the Minsk City Executive Committee, regardless of the form of ownership, [00:39:17] regardless, regardless, but [00:39:20] the key point is the presence of an application [00:39:23] from the consumer, the citizen's death [00:39:26] certificate. But I will emphasize once again, you need to read [00:39:30] the contract carefully, everything that you signed, word [00:39:34] for word, the entity is obliged to fulfill, everything that is [00:39:38] superfluous, left over, [00:39:42] this does not concern you, and do we have any unscrupulous [00:39:45] agents who intercept [00:39:48] clients at morgues, overcharge, well, there are no such statistics, probably this is not our [00:39:52] competence, it should be dealt with, well, probably, what is he [00:39:55] violating? [00:40:57] well, he went along with these conditions, yes, a dishonest person, [00:41:01] an agent, imposes, how does the information [00:41:04] get to [00:41:06] these agents is also unclear, well, as [00:41:09] there are, for sure, sources and already [00:41:13] this already goes beyond the scope of our [00:41:15] ministry, that is, this is no longer your area of responsibility, it turns out, but [00:41:19] today, fortunately, the law allows to bury at public expense, I [00:41:23] think that, well, many segments [00:41:25] of the population, including... [00:41:40] this fixed state price, are you going to revise it [00:41:43] for the basic ritual there towards an increase or maybe indexation? [00:41:47] We are not touching the base value, that is, this benefit that [00:41:50] is issued for burial, today it is about [00:41:53] 2,900 Belarusian rubles, this is a quite [00:41:57] good amount, here it is constantly [00:42:00] increasing with, well, taking into account certain [00:42:03] circumstances, here [00:42:07] it is related to guaranteed. [00:42:40] these tariffs also undergo approval through the commission under [00:42:43] the Council of Ministers on pricing, [00:42:47] only after passing all these [00:42:50] stages, can tariffs for such services be increased, [00:42:54] uh-huh, well, I have heard complaints that, well, what's [00:42:57] 2,900, you can't even buy a good coffin, but the question [00:43:00] is not what kind of coffin you want to buy, but in general, if you have [00:43:03] such an opportunity to buy it, yes, we consider such [00:43:07] categories. [00:43:59] Say "Don't be silent" is back on air, today our guest is the head of the Department [00:44:03] of Social Sphere and Services of March, Anatoly [00:44:06] Yurastov, let's discuss another topic that... [00:44:41] For example, that they faced high prices, again, [00:44:44] well, considering that these [00:44:47] services are not currently regulated, then again here [00:44:51] everything is by agreement of the parties, uh-huh, so complaining about [00:44:55] pricing, I myself, as they say, am a dog owner, so [00:44:58] I encounter it, I know, but at [00:45:01] the beginning of the year, March already announced the position that prices for [00:45:04] veterinary services are formed by the market, in fact, you also said [00:45:07] the same for many other services. Still, we [00:45:10] checked the prices in 10 Minsk [00:45:14] veterinary clinics, and the cost of cat sterilization ranges from [00:45:17] 80 to 250 rubles. How [00:45:21] legal is such a range for the same [00:45:23] complexity? [00:45:25] The law on pricing grants this right to the [00:45:28] entity. That is, there are no restrictions such as a trade markup of [00:45:32] 30% or something else, or there is such a concept as [00:45:35] a reasonable price, unreasonable, you do not apply [00:45:38] the concept of reasonable. [00:48:52] amateur market, including the sphere of household services, this is [00:48:55] pricing, that is, a wide range, this is international [00:48:58] activity within the competence of March, [00:49:02] therefore, well, this is not only antimonopoly, and those [00:49:05] students who really [00:49:08] go through stages in all our departments, [00:49:11] internships, practices, they already [00:49:14] consciously come to certain departments to work, well, yes, that is, [00:49:18] these are not only some controllers who go out with raids. [00:49:22] activities are part of many government agencies we had in accordance with [00:49:26] Decree 227, uh-huh, carry out control [00:49:30] actions, the main coordinator we have is the State Control Committee, by the way, on [00:49:34] what principle do you choose the places that you will control, that is, [00:49:38] for example, well, let's take a car service station, which specific [00:49:42] stations do you choose, by what [00:49:44] principles? As for household services, [00:49:47] this is the main, let's say, criterion - this is [00:49:51] citizens' appeals. Monthly we [00:49:54] form a consolidated plan of control and analytical [00:49:56] measures in all areas, well, in particular, in [00:50:00] household services, for example, for monitoring [00:50:04] hairdressers, baths, car service stations, based [00:50:08] on the season, perhaps the number of appeals in [00:50:11] a certain period, we choose the direction and conduct monitoring, [00:50:15] that is, even here there is no routine, this is also [00:50:17] interesting, yes, spontaneous routes, completely, but [00:50:21] you are familiar with... [00:50:52] in the sphere of household services and a malicious violator, if we issue [00:50:56] recommendations, they are fulfilled within [00:50:59] literally three days, well, a maximum of a week, and [00:51:03] as for control, if necessary, we can [00:51:06] conduct a control event again and check, but the [00:51:10] economic entity itself, if it has eliminated the comments, it necessarily [00:51:14] provides us with facts of elimination, photos, it [00:51:17] seems to me that you and our entrepreneurs are people who know how [00:51:21] to negotiate, because how much? I heard from [00:51:24] those who are newly minted salon owners [00:51:27] impressions, there is no longer what used to be there, that [00:51:30] control for the sake of control and for the sake of [00:51:33] providing personal services or bribes [00:51:37] and so on, here everything goes, well, you understand that [00:51:40] a person is not knowledgeable and he did not foresee something, and [00:51:44] a person also wants everything to be in order, what [00:51:48] simple advice can you give to the consumer so that this [00:51:51] consumer is not deceived? [00:51:54] Well, there are probably several pieces of advice here, and [00:51:57] you need to approach [00:52:00] making a purchase, especially if it's quite... [00:54:35] the law on consumer extremism, I don't know if [00:54:38] they adopted it or not, but such an idea existed, but it seems to me that now [00:54:42] we have at least some protection, if the item was used, [00:54:45] that is, well, when both the dress and the shoes, and it's clear that they [00:54:49] were at a wedding, [00:54:52] well, you can refuse to take them back, it seems to me, well, if [00:54:55] there are obvious defects, that this item was [00:54:58] in use, yes, well, as a rule, they are [00:55:01] such, as they say, shrewd people? [00:55:05] Dry cleaning carefully, everything, price tags, receipts, everything [00:55:08] is preserved, everyone, well, people even go to weddings [00:55:11] with tags, yes, well, he hid the tag there. [00:55:15] Anatoly, thank you, unfortunately, time is up, and we learned [00:55:18] so much useful from you, we hope to learn more if you come and [00:55:22] explain to us about the following points that we did not [00:55:24] manage to explain today, but it seems to me [00:55:28] that we had an extremely useful conversation [00:55:30] today, good luck with your [00:55:33] activities, consumers [00:55:42] I would like to wish quality services [00:59:41] A view from Minsk on what is happening in the world, the most notable [00:59:45] events and topics being discussed. [00:59:47] Our activity is north, south, west, east, a long [00:59:51] arc, Asia, Africa, well, a very colorful picture [00:59:55] and everywhere we are looking for the component where our capabilities [00:59:58] coincide with the interests and involvement on the part of [01:00:02] our partners. They want to cooperate with us because we are good, easily [01:00:05] predictable, we are consistent, we are honest in [01:00:08] dialogue. Visits of the Arab Parliament are very important for our country, they [01:00:11] want to interact and be friends with Belarus. And [01:00:15] the result of this visit is. [01:00:28] Minsk hosted the first meeting of the Belarusian-Saudi Business Council. Its [01:00:32] main task is to support businesses when entering the market, finding [01:00:35] reliable partners and developing investment [01:00:38] cooperation. 24 Belarusian enterprises received the government award [01:00:42] for achievements in the field of quality. Belarusian [01:00:45] manufacturers are expanding.