The only Belarusian producer of valenki – Smilovichi factory – intends to start exporting them to Austria . Vasily Saban, the director of the company, mentioned that the factory arranged preliminary agreements with three Austrian companies.

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Belarus is situated in Eastern Europe. It occupies the territory of 207,6 millions square kilometres and hosts a population of 9714 thousand (2006); the capital is the city of Minsk (1797,5 thousand). Mostly plain territory. Main rivers – Dnepr, West Dvina., Neman, Pripyat’, West Bug. The country is divided into six regions with centres in Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk and Mogilev. 70% of the population dwells in the country’s 100 cities.

Belarus reserves the right to take adequate measures with regard to the neighboring countries that are joining the Schengen zone, Andrey Hiro, head of the foreign ministry’s consular department, told reporters in Minsk on Friday, BelaPAN reported.