Former NBRB head to chair business development council

         A new composition of the Council for Business Development in the Republic of Belarus led by President Aide Mr Piotr Prokopovich has been approved. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed the relevant decree on 29 November. The document stipulates the authority of the Council and its new composition. Piotr Prokopovich, Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus, will be the Chairman of the Council. Representatives of small, medium, and major businesses of Belarus, entrepreneurship bodies, and some public associations will also sit on the Council.