India, Belarus ink six agreements during Mukherjee visit

India and Belarus on Wednesday inked six agreements, including a Roadmap for India-Belarus Cooperation as President Pranab Mukherjee held talks here with Belarusian counterpart Alexander V. Lukashenko.

Besides the roadmap, the agreements include a protocol amending the agreement between the two sides for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Property (Capital) of September, 27, 1997.

A MoU was inked between Bureau of Indian Standards and Belarus' State Committee for Standardization on cooperation in the field of standardization and information support, and another MoU between Prasar Bharati and the National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus (Belteleradiocompany) for cooperation on broadcasting.

Both sides also inked a MoU on cooperation between the Securities and Exchange Board of India and Belurusian ministry of finance and a MoU between India's textiles ministry and the Belarusian State Concern for Manufacturing and Marketing of Light Industry Goods 'Bellegprom'.

The roadmap seeks to further strengthen and intensify bilateral political, defence, trade and economic exchanges, cultural relations and people-to-people contacts as well as enhanced cooperation in international forums.