MINSK, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A second runway was opened on Friday at Minsk National Airport in the capital city of Belarus following three years of construction.
The construction was carried out by Belarusian construction companies without foreign funds, the Belarusian transport and communications ministry said.
The new runway is 3.7-km long and 60-meter wide, costing more than 188 million U.S. dollars.
The runway has been assigned the operational category 4F, which allows the airport to handle all types of aircraft without restrictions in adverse weather conditions.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Avramenko and General Director of Minsk National Airport Dmitry Melikyan attended the official opening ceremony.
