Minsk: Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Mohamed Farid Saleh confirmed Egypt's commitment to building an integrated economic partnership with Belarus focused on trade, investment, and technology transfer. He highlighted the importance of strengthening institutional and technical cooperation between the Egyptian and Belarusian commodities exchanges.

According to State Information Service Egypt, this development was discussed during Farid's visit to the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange in Minsk while he was chairing the Egyptian-Belarusian Joint Committee meetings. Farid engaged in discussions with Belarusian Commodity Exchange Board Chairman Alexander Osmolovsky on technical coordination and the exchange of expertise in electronic trading, commodity information, and platform management practices.

Farid stated that the talks included support for business communication and institutional frameworks to boost trade, emphasizing Egypt's potential as a regional hub for logistics and re-export services. In response, Osmolovsky expressed Belarus's aspiration for a sustainable partnership and readiness to transfer knowledge in digital platforms and electronic trading to enhance bilateral economic cooperation.