Chinese parliamentary delegation visits Great Stone

17 апреля 2017

Speaker of the Council of the Republic of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich has pointed out that Belarus and China should focus on strengthening political dialogue and inter-parliamentary cooperation.

Mikhail Myasnikovich has had a meeting with a delegation from the Chinese Parliament. The head of the delegation is the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China. The leaders of both houses of the Belarusian Parliament took part in the meeting. The parties discussed strategies of further cooperation, various promising projects, and new areas of partnership.

Mikhail Myasnikovich stated that the two countries will also focus on implementing joint economic and investment projects that are beneficial to both Belarus and China, as well as to the cooperation with third parties.

Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang added that today’s meeting was fruitful and better understanding was achieved.

As a result of the talks, the parties signed a joint statement of cooperation.

Also today, the delegation visited the Great Stone industrial park. The parties observed and discussed their most ambitious project. 2017 is expected to be a real breakthrough in the cooperation. The infrastructure is already there, and soon a number of projects will be launched.

Alexander Yaroshenko, the head of the Administration of the Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park Great Stone, has stated that at the moment the park has 8 residents. In the future, this number is expected to rise by 12.

The visit of the Chinese delegation finishes tomorrow.