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Herald Reporter

ZIMBABWE and Belarus have signed eight bilateral agreements that include the establishment of a Joint Permanent Commission and a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Mutual Recognition of Education Qualifications.

The signing of the agreements by senior Government officials and the private sector was witnessed by President Mnangagwa and his Belarus Counterpart President Alexander Lukashenko, who is on a historic 3-day state visit, at the State House.

Apart from signing the eight bilateral deals, the two countries are also set to establish embassies in each other’s country.

Other agreements signed include the Promotion and Reciprocal `Protection of Investments, an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Property.

A Twinning Agreement between Harare City and Minsk, the capital city of Belarus, was also signed along with a contract between the Government of Zimbabwe, represented by the Minister Lands, Agriculture Water and Rural Resettlement Dr Anxious Masuka on cooperation in the supply of tractor and grain harvesting equipment.

Dr Masuka also represented Zimbabwe during the signing of a contract for the supply of equipment manufactured in Belarus for the construction and modernisation of grain storage facilities in the country.

Another MoU on cooperation in the framework of supplies of machines and equipment produced in Belarus for the country’s growing timber industry was also signed between Allied Timbers and Belarusian company Aftrade DMCC.