OREANDA-NEWS. December 01, 2014. The visit of Korean delegation to the Republic of Belarus began with the working meeting between the management of Beltelecom and the experts of the National Information Society Agency of the Republic of Korea (NIA). The meeting between the experts of NIA and management of RUE Beltelecom was held in the head office of the company. The negotiations were conducted by Deputy Director General for Technical Issues of RUE Beltelecom Vadim V. Shaibakov.

In the framework of the meeting Korean experts learnt the presentation of the national telecommunication operator reflecting the current situation of Beltelecom in the telecommunication market in Belarus and priority areas of further development of the company.  During the meeting the parties exchanged views on the most relevant issues of cooperation in the field of telecommunications, including the possibility of cooperation with the companies - residents of Hi-Tech Park on provision of new services.

Korean experts expressed a strong interest in potential joint projects, highly praised the intellectual potential of Belarusian specialists in ICT. Consultations on cooperation in the field of telecommunication services will continue.

“Our meeting today allowed to identify practical steps to enhance cooperationin the field of telecommunications”, Deputy Director General of RUE Beltelecom Vadim V. Shaibakov added, “We believe, that cooperation between Belarusian and Korean companies in the telecommunication market will generate tangible results and will promote development of mutually beneficial cooperation between our countries”.
 
The visit of Korean delegation is implemented in connection with the agreement reached on July 2-3, 2014 within the joint conference "Republic of Belarus – Republic of Korea - World Bank: Together towards the information society" and aims at enhancing of trade and economic, scientific and technological and humanitarian cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Korea. The visit of the experts of NIA to Minsk is organized to collect material for technical assistance in developing the Strategy for Promoting Informatization in the Republic of Belarus for 2016 - 2022 years. Based on the results of this work, in December 2014 Korean experts will present proposals and recommendations to the draft of the Strategy.   

The visit of the official delegation of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of Belarus will last 7 days. During this period Korean experts plan to hold a series of meetings with representatives of the governmental authorities of the Republic of Belarus, companies and higher education establishments to assess the current state of Belarusian sector of information and communication technologies, taking into account the results of implementation of the Strategy for Information Society Development in the Republic of Belarus for the period up to 2015, of the Subprograms of the National Program for the Accelerated Development of Services in Information and Communication Technologies for 2011 - 2015 years, as well as to discuss priority areas, where the Republic of Belarus could apply the successful experience of the Republic of Korea in this sphere.