«The cost of genetic examinations for citizens can be reduced due to the purchase of Chinese equipment,» the Deputy Chairman of the State Forensic Examination Committee, the Chief State Forensic Expert of Belarus Yuri Ovsiyuk told the media today, the BelTA correspondent reports.

Today the seven-day visit of the representatives of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) to the State Forensic Examination Committee of Belarus (SFEC) was concluded. The heads of the key expert divisions of the Abu Dhabi Forensic Evidence Department headed by its Director Abdulrahman Muhammad AL Hammadi arrived to adopt the best practices of the Belarusian expert organization.

Agreement on cooperation in the field of forensic activity between the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation was signed 12.10.2017. Since the establishment of the Belarusian expert agency the State Committee has been working on strengthening the interdepartmental dialog in the forensic area with colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

The Chairman of the State Forensic Examination Committee Andrei Shved and the Chairman of the State Forensic Expert Service of the Kyrgyz Republic Kairat Musaev signed an Agreement on cooperation in the field of forensic activity on September 28. This is the 7th Agreement on cooperation with the expert institutions of the CIS countries. Signing a similar agreement with the Republic of Uzbekistan is planned before the end of the year. At present, the work is in progress towards establishment of constructive cooperation with the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of Tajikistan.

Serbian Delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Government of Republic of Serbia – Minister of the Interior Affairs of the Republic of Serbia – Nebojŝa Stefaović visited the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the first time.