III forum of Regions of Belarus and Ukraine to be held in Grodno

The 3rd Forum of the Regions of Belarus and Ukraine will be held in Grodno. The organizing committee was set up to prepare the event by the order of the chairman of the government. It will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Lyashenko. The preparation plan for the event should be developed and approved by February 20. The main goal is to represent the regions' potential and their platforms for finding new contacts and signing mutually beneficial agreements. The previous forum was held in Zhitomir. It resulted in a record-high number of contracts for more than half a billion dollars.