OREANDA-NEWS. January 19, 2010. President Alexander Lukashenko met with Valery Tsepkalo, Director of the Administration of the High Technologies Park, to receive his report on the park’s performance in 2009, reported the Official website president.gov.by.

The park’s main areas of activity are development and implementation of information and communication technologies and software in Belarus, as well as their export. Today this is one of the fastest growing segments of the Belarusian economy, a leader of the country’s services sector.

The output of software products in 2009 totalled Br390 billion, up 50 per cent from the preceding year. As of the beginning of 2010, the park included 80 resident companies.

In 2009 the park carried out a project that featured the biggest amount of direct foreign investments in Belarusian history: the first building that combines office and production space was constructed, becoming the biggest structure of this type in the country.

Mr Tsepkalo also briefed the President on the park’s international projects, which were gaining momentum in 2009. Specifically, there was a meeting with the leader of Malaysia; such countries and the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan showed their interest in the park too.