In 2025, the Ministry of Communications and Informatization carried out work aimed at solving both current foreign economic issues and tasks for the future.The development of foreign economic activity was carried out as part of the implementation of approved action plans for international cooperation and foreign economic activity of the Ministry and organizations of the Ministry of Communications.Significant attention was paid to activities that would facilitate the implementation of the completed task for the export of computer, telecommunications and information services (ICT services); work was carried out aimed at strengthening positions in traditional and developing promising sales markets.As a result, the Government’s index for the volume of exports of ICT services in the Republic of Belarus as a whole for 2025 has been met, and export volumes have significantly exceeded those of 2024.As part of strengthening Belarusian-Russian cooperation in the field of communications and informatization, the Ministry of Communications of Belarus together with the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia in 2025 carried out a number of action plans, including the Main directions to implement the provisions of the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State for the period of 2024-2026 approved by the Heads of State of Belarus and Russia.The Ministry’s leadership and representatives participated in a number of significant events, including the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the MoscowStartup Summit, the AI Journey 2025 conference, and the Digitalization of Industrial Russia conference.In order to increase trade and economic cooperation, in 2025, meetings and negotiations were held with the leadership of the Chuvash Republic and Kursk region, during which topical issues of increasing mutual trade turnover and deepening cooperation in the field of digital development were discussed.Taking into account the requirements of Directive of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated December 3, 2021 No. 9 “On the development of bilateral relations of the Republic of Belarus with the People’s Republic of China”, special attention was paid to the development of cooperation with the PRC.An Action Plan to develop cooperation with the People’s Republic of China and increase export volumes for 2023 – 2025 has been implemented as part of the interface with the Chinese Digital Silk Road initiative.In 2025, a number of meetings were held with Chinese companies on a wide range of potential bilateral cooperation, and the contractual legal framework was expanded. The Ministry signed three bilateral documents with Chinese partners on cooperation in the field of digital economy of artificial intelligence.Bilateral dialogue with our other traditional partners has been significantly intensified. For example, in 2025, a Memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation in digital development was signed with the Ministry of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic, and a Memorandum of cooperation in digital transformation and digital economy was signed with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam.A number of visits by the Ministry’s leadership took place to distant countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.In 2026, the Ministry of Communications and Informatization is continuing work aimed at developing foreign economic activity and increasing the export of services in the ICT sector. PDF