ASTANA.  February 25. KAZINFORM Establishment of the Customs Union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan promotes improvement of the conditions for doing business on the territories of our countries. Kazakhstan Ambassador to Belarus Anatoly Smirnov has said it at the opening of an International Investment Forum in Vitebsk today, BELTA informs.

"The agreement on establishment of the Customs Union promotes improvement of business conditions and it opens new prospects for the businessmen of our countries", the Diplomat said.

Kazakhstan has sent a large delegation to the Vitebsk forum. "This sets the best pattern of our interest in development of cooperation with Belarus", the Ambassador noted. "I am confident we will reach certain agreements following the forum", he added.

A. Smirnov highlighted importance of such investment forums and pointed out that attraction of investments was the key factor of economic development amid the global crisis.