The Government of Belarus has established personal responsibility for the control and coordination of work with investors

April 14, Minsk /Lilia Krapivina - BELTA/. Negotiations with an investor seeking to conclude an investment agreement with the Republic of Belarus must be held within three days upon their application to a republican government body, another government organization subordinate to the government, or a regional (Minsk city) executive committee. This decision was made by Resolution of the Council of Ministers of April 9, 2010, No. 538 "On Certain Issues of Working with Investor Applications in the Republic of Belarus," the Council of Ministers' Office informed BELTA. The document was adopted to strengthen control over work with investor applications due to frequent cases of delayed decisions on them, to shorten the implementation periods of investment projects, and in development of Resolution of the Council of Ministers of November 6, 2009, No. 1449 "On Measures to Implement Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of August 6, 2009, No. 10." The resolution also stipulates that within two days after the negotiations, a protocol on this matter must be sent to the Council of Ministers. The protocol must define the responsibilities of the republican government body, the regional (Minsk city) executive committee, the investor, as well as responsible executors and deadlines, not exceeding one month from the date of the investor's application. Control and coordination of work with investors in the Council of Ministers of Belarus on industrial facilities and the fuel and energy complex are assigned to First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko. For agro-industrial complex facilities, agricultural product processing, and forestry, these functions are assigned to Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Bambiza; for housing construction, the construction complex, communications and informatization, transport and communications, housing and communal services - to Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Bury; for trade and logistics - to Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov; for the socio-cultural sphere, public health and sanatorium-resort treatment, sports (including facilities related to the 2014 World Championship) - to Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Potupchik. The Council of Ministers' resolution also imposes personal responsibility for observing the deadlines for protocol execution on the heads of republican government bodies, other government organizations subordinate to the government, and regional (Minsk city) executive committees. Deputy Prime Ministers must ensure control over compliance with the deadlines specified in the protocols and, in case of their violation, submit proposals for bringing the perpetrators to justice. -0-