This was stated by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Belarus, Ramesh Chander, today at a meeting with the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, a BELTA correspondent reports. According to the ambassador, all Indian pharmaceutical companies present in Belarus are importers. "Meanwhile, it is possible to open a joint production here: to import raw materials, produce the product, and sell it both in Belarus and in Western European countries," the diplomat said. One of the most promising areas for cooperation is also education.

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As of October 5, a total of over 4.8 thousand hectares of potatoes have been harvested in the region, which is more than 95% of the area to be harvested. Half of the districts have already completely finished their work in the potato fields, and the largest volume of work remains for farms in the Vitebsk district, which has the largest potato field in the region with a total area of over 850 hectares, and approximately 100 hectares of this crop still need to be harvested. In total, almost 70 thousand tons of potatoes have been harvested in the region with an average yield of almost 143 centners per hectare. The highest yield is in the Tolochin district, where 370 centners of potatoes are obtained from each hectare.