Participants at the workshop included senior officials from the Belarusian Government, deputies and staff from the Chamber of Representatives, and representatives of the energy industry. They were welcomed by speeches from the First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, Mr. V. Semashko, by the Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Representatives, Mr. S. Zabolotets, and by the Deputy Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat, Mr. A. Konoplyanik.

In the course of the workshop, representatives of the Secretariat made presentations providing an overview of the Energy Charter Treaty, and also a detailed examination of its provisions on investment, trade and transit, energy efficiency, and the settlement of disputes.

All presentations are available to download (in Russian only) below.