Minsk invites China to take part in investment projects estimated at a total of $1 billion, said Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky as he met with Mayor of Beijing Guo Jinlong on 18 June, BelTA has learnt.

The People’s Bank of China announced that it signed an agreement with the central bank of Belarus Wednesday under which the two countries foreign trade can be settled with each other’s currency, the Chinese yuan or the Belarusian ruble.

Contracts worth $3.4 billion for nuclear power construction and road upgrades were signed by China and Belarus in Minsk.