The State Defense Industries Committee of Belarus and the Ukrainian company Motor Sich have signed a memorandum on cooperation in manufacturing consumer goods together. Chairman of the State Defense Industries Committee of Belarus Sergei Gurulev took part in the event. The presentation of modernized helicopters Mi-8MSB and MSB-2 took place at the airfield near Minsk. The Ukrainian company and the Belarusian company Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant were the ones responsible for the modernization. A presentation of consumer goods developed by the Ukrainian company also took place. Motor Sich invites Belarusian enterprises to manufacture the consumer goods. 
      During the presentation Motor Sich and enterprises that make up the system of the State Defense Industries Committee signed a memorandum on cooperation in manufacturing consumer goods together. In line with the agreement on priority avenues of cooperation that meet mutual interests of economic and social development the sides confirmed their interest in bilateral trade and economic relations with a view to starting the joint production of and selling consumer goods