Lukashenko: Oman allocating land to Belarus for creation of tourism cluster

Oman will allocate land to Belarus for the creation of a tourism cluster – as informed by President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko during today’s meeting on personnel issues, while speaking of the opening up of new markets and opportunities using the example of developing relations with Oman, BelTA reports

"The land is being allocated to us so that we can create our own huge tourist cluster and so that people can holiday not only in Turkiye and the Emirates. It takes just one hour [more than the flight to the UAE] to find yourself near the open ocean. Well, please, go and work, the door is open. It is necessary to work in this direction,” the Head of State noted.

"It's my job to open the door: go and work. We did not pay attention to Oman in our work earlier, but they are happy to liaise with us. Ports and factories are open. Work with potash fertilisers, mix them, produce new ones, and sell. So many avenues are opening up!" Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.

The President added that the Omani side is ready to implement large-scale projects in Belarus, and the construction of a pulp and cardboard mill, a memorandum on which was signed on October 6th following talks in Minsk between the President of Belarus and the Sultan of Oman, is among them. “It envisages around [$]2bn of investment. They will trust us, and they are ready to build it here," the Head of State noted.

Earlier it was reported that the total investment in this project will amount to about $1.4bn, and the capacity of the enterprise is expected to reach about 800,000 tonnes of products per year.