On March 12, 2019, a meeting of the Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Koltovich with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in the Republic of Belarus Armen Ghevondyan was held.

During the meeting, promising areas for the development of bilateral cooperation in various fields were discussed, the potential in increasing the Belarusian-Armenian trade was noted.

On February 27, 2019, a solemn ceremony of signing the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the protection of competition (hereinafter - the Agreement) was held at the Federal Antimonopoly Service (Moscow).

The purpose of the Agreement is to create a legal framework for the cooperation of the antimonopoly authorities of the two countries in identifying and preventing violations of antitrust laws, including from economic entities of third countries.

The XI session of the Intergovernmental Belarusian-Serbian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation, chaired by the Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Koltovich and State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia Dragan Stevanovic, was held on January 31, 2019 in Minsk.

During the session, the sides discussed current issues of bilateral interaction in the fields of trade, investment, industry, agriculture, transport, tourism, scientific and technical cooperation. 

On December 6-7, 2018, representatives of MART headed by the Deputy Minister of Antimonopoly regulation and trade Ivan Vezhnovets took part in the IV International scientific and practical conference “Antimonopoly policy: science, practice and education”, which was held in Moscow at the innovation center “Skolkovo”.

The topical issues of competition in digital markets, approaches to the consideration of global transactions of economic concentration, the issues of effective tariff regulation, as well as the directions of improving the system of government procurement in modern conditions were discussed during the conference.

On 28-29 November, 2018, the fifth Meeting of the Belarusian-Egyptian Joint Trade Commission (the Commission) was held in Cairo under the chairmanship of the Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Koltovich and the Minister of Trade and Industry of the Arab Republic of Egypt Amr Nassar. During the Meeting of the Commission the parties discussed topical issues of bilateral cooperation in various fields: trade and investment, industry, agriculture, petrochemistry, transport, finance, communications and information technologies, wood processing, energy, science and research, education, environmental protection, sports and tourism, healthcare, culture.