{"id":145044,"date":"2025-07-02T21:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145044\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"botswanas-foreign-minister-invites-investment-from-belarus-playing-up-benefits-of-peaceful-power-transfer","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145044\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana\u2019s foreign minister invites investment from Belarus, playing up benefits of peaceful power transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 2, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus offers Botswana agricultural, passenger, road-building and municipal equipment, Deputy Prime Minister Viktar Karankievi\u010d said at a meeting with Botswana\u2019s top diplomat Phenyo Butale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government\u2019s press office quoted Karankievi\u010d as saying that Belarus is also ready to build relations with Botswana in healthcare, supply medicines and medical equipment, pharmaceutical development and provide education services for the country\u2019s students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butale noted that cooperation between the two countries cannot be limited to agriculture alone. He said that Botswana has a good business environment, with political and economic stability and high economic ratings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The peaceful transfer of power last year also shows that investors in Botswana are protected, Butale said. He suggested that incoming Belarusian investors could establish production facilities in Botswana as an entry point not only to the South African market but also to the African market as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday in Minsk, Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d and Butale agreed to set up a cooperation commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butale is staying in Belarus on July 1\u20134. He is expected to visit major industrial and agricultural companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 11, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka greeted the president of Botswana, Duma Boko, on his party\u2019s victory and his election to the highest office. \u0141uka\u0161enka noted \u201cprospects for cooperation in food security and technology transfer in the agro-industrial complex, mining industry, and information and communication technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe results of the vote once again confirmed the strength of Botswana\u2019s democratic system. I am convinced that the course of the country\u2019s sustainable development and modernization will continue under your leadership. Minsk is interested in building up long-term ties with Gaborone,\u201d said \u0141uka\u0161enka, who has ruled Belarus since 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Botswana gained independence from Britain on September 30, 1966. The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) alliance, led by Botswana President Duma Boko, won the 2024 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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