10 January 2024

Kirill Zalessky, Deputy Director of Hi-Tech Park Belarus, visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the member of the delegation, during the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus to Riyadh.

Mutual readiness of the parties to develop partnership relations was confirmed during the meetings of Kirill Zalessky with the heads of the National Technological Development Program, the Saudi Data and AI Authority, and the Misk startup accelerator. A representative of the Hi-Tech Park also took part in the negotiations of the Belarusian delegation in the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.

The Saudi side showed noticeable interest in the experience of the Belarus’ Hi-Tech Park in building an ecosystem for the development of technology companies, as well as in the cutting-edge solutions of HTP residents.

An active dialogue took place with the leadership of the National Technological Development Program on creating conditions for innovative development of national economies.

The experience of creating support programs for promising startups was in focus of the meeting in Misk startup accelerator, which is part of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Foundation.

Head of the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology expressed interest in cooperation on projects related to the development of smart city systems and advanced solutions in the field optical, energy and medicine technologies.