OREANDA-NEWS. June 28, 2011. Israeli state corporation for export insurance ASHRA plans to increase the credit and investment support line to finance projects in Belarus to USD 160 million from USD 110 million, Israeli Tourism Minister Stat Misezhnikov said during a business forum in Minsk on Monday.

Misezhnikov said the state of Israel was making efforts to promote Israeli business and encourage it to work with Belarus.

Agriculture Minister Mikhail Rusy, also present at the forum, said the protocol for ASHRA to increase its credit support line would be signed in Minsk on Tuesday.

ASHRA mostly supports agricultural projects in Belarus.