Cherven Regional Executive Committee

Belarus is considering the introduction of visa-free travel for visits up to five days for tourists entering the country via Minsk National Airport, Belarusian Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Mikhail Portnoi told reporters on 26 September, BelTA has learned.

The introduction of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) in Belarus will help improve the investment climate.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomes economic stabilization efforts and the start of structural reforms in Belarus, BelTA learned from the IMF press release issued as a result of this year's talks with Belarus in accordance with Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement.

The central state budget for 2017 will keep its social orientation, BelTA learned from Zinaida Mandrovskaya, Deputy Chairwoman of the Commission for Labor and Social Security of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, after the draft budget for the next year was reviewed on 14 September.

Belarus-China interaction has reached an unprecedented level.

Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich met with representatives of Indian companies on 1 September, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Council of the Republic.

Belarus is set to harvest about 9 million tonnes of grain this year, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Vladimir Grakun told reporters, BelTA has learned.

A unified law on investment operations will help improve the country's investment climate.