Belarus retains great interest in direct contacts with Russian regions

21 февраля 2020
This was discussed at a meeting between President Alexander Lukashenko and the Governor of Arkhangelsk Region. Our country can take part in large-scale renovation of the city near the Northern Dvina. In addition, the Belarusian leader shared the details of a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, which took place literally the day before. They discussed, in particular, the formula for oil supplies. As for Belarus and Arkhangelsk Region, over the past year, trade reached nearly $ 50 million. The White Sea has a great interest in our technology. Our BelAZ has been mining diamonds there for several years. Spare parts for tractors and machinery, beef meat, milk, cement, concrete products are also delivered to this region. From the mass market, the residents of Arkhangelsk are well aware of our shoe brands and clothes, the whole network of our stores works there. It is in the regions of Belarus and Russia that many products and technological chains for the production of joint products begin. These are hundreds of thousands of jobs. The mutual interest in the development of interregional ties is evidenced by the high intensity of the exchange of visits of delegations at various levels.