Ali Rıza Arslan, Vice President of the Marmara Group Foundation and DEIK Belarus Business Council President visited Belarus with Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. At theTurkey-Belarus Business Forum, where Ali Rıza Arslan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım listened to the thoughts and demands of businessmen, Arslan said the following in his speech: "Our mutual trade volume increased by over 30 percent in 2017. This trade volume is close to 1 billion dollars. Turkish firms have gained experience to invest directly in Belarus. I wish these experiences will continue in the coming years."