The Serbian company Astra has signed a contract on the building of a commercial and housing complex in Minsk, with the area of 76,000 square meters, worth USD100 million, stated the charge d'affairs of the Belarus Embassy in Belgrade, Sergei Cicuk.

In an interview to the summer double issue of the Biznis magazine, which will be published on July 20, he said that Astra is planning to participate in the implementation of one more large project in Belarus, the Minsk City, worth USD7 billion.

According to Cicuk, a representative of Astra said the company was planning to employ several thousand Serbian engineers and workers on these projects.

According to earlier reports in the Serbian media, Astra Invest is a company that operates within the BK Group.

The charge d'affairs of the Belarus Embassy stated that certain Serbian companies were still considering investing in Belarus.

"I know that the companies Delta Holding, PSP Farman, MK Group and Zepter are interested in building and investing in Belarus," Cicuk said.