Belarusian Polotsk and Russian Kansk intend to establish friendly relations
The Belarusian city of Polotsk is preparing to establish friendly relations with the city of Kansk in the Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, the press service of the Polotsk District Executive Committee reported.
A treaty on friendship and cooperation between the cities is planned to be signed on May 19 during the visit of an official Belarusian delegation to Krasnoyarsk. The delegation is heading to Russia to participate in the first meeting of the working group on cooperation between Belarus and the Krasnoyarsk Krai.
The head of the city of Kansk, Nadezhda Kachan, and the chairman of the Polotsk District Executive Committee, Nikolai Shevchuk, will put their signatures under the document, thereby officially confirming their readiness to develop mutually beneficial cooperation in industry, small and medium-sized businesses, trade, transport, agriculture, science, education, healthcare, ecology and rational use of natural resources, tourism, sports, culture, art, and other areas. Over the past decade, mutually beneficial cooperation has been established between Polotsk-Steklovolokno OJSC and enterprises of the Krasnoyarsk Krai (Energozashchita Firm OJSC and Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Plant OJSC, which is part of the aluminum company Rusal). The basis of export supplies is the fiberglass products of the Polotsk enterprise. For January-April 2016, Polotsk-Steklovolokno OJSC shipped products worth $17.6 thousand to the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The volume of foreign trade turnover between Polotsk and the Krasnoyarsk Krai for 2015 amounted to $285.7 thousand (growth rate compared to 2014 was 208.5%). "Undoubtedly, the signing of the treaty will give a new impetus to the development of Belarusian-Russian relations," the press service is convinced.
Kansk has developed chemical, leather, fur and footwear, textile, forestry, woodworking, and pulp and paper industries. The population of the city is about 100 thousand people. Currently, Polotsk and Polotsk District maintain friendly and partnership relations with 28 cities and districts from 12 countries. Among them, treaties have been signed with 10 Russian subjects (Elektrostal of the Moscow Region, Tosno of the Leningrad Region, Beskudnikovsky District and the Sokol District Administration of Moscow, Veliky Novgorod, Velikiye Luki, Suoyarvsky District of Karelia, the city of Kursk, the city of Rostov the Great.and, Polevskoy city of Sverdlovsk region, Pskov district). Kansk of Krasnoyarsk Krai will become the 29th city with which Polotsk will establish friendly and partnership relations. And on Polotsk City Day, it is planned to sign a similar agreement with the city of Konakovo of Tver region.
Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.
A treaty on friendship and cooperation between the cities is planned to be signed on May 19 during the visit of an official Belarusian delegation to Krasnoyarsk. The delegation is heading to Russia to participate in the first meeting of the working group on cooperation between Belarus and the Krasnoyarsk Krai.
The head of the city of Kansk, Nadezhda Kachan, and the chairman of the Polotsk District Executive Committee, Nikolai Shevchuk, will put their signatures under the document, thereby officially confirming their readiness to develop mutually beneficial cooperation in industry, small and medium-sized businesses, trade, transport, agriculture, science, education, healthcare, ecology and rational use of natural resources, tourism, sports, culture, art, and other areas. Over the past decade, mutually beneficial cooperation has been established between Polotsk-Steklovolokno OJSC and enterprises of the Krasnoyarsk Krai (Energozashchita Firm OJSC and Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Plant OJSC, which is part of the aluminum company Rusal). The basis of export supplies is the fiberglass products of the Polotsk enterprise. For January-April 2016, Polotsk-Steklovolokno OJSC shipped products worth $17.6 thousand to the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The volume of foreign trade turnover between Polotsk and the Krasnoyarsk Krai for 2015 amounted to $285.7 thousand (growth rate compared to 2014 was 208.5%). "Undoubtedly, the signing of the treaty will give a new impetus to the development of Belarusian-Russian relations," the press service is convinced.
Kansk has developed chemical, leather, fur and footwear, textile, forestry, woodworking, and pulp and paper industries. The population of the city is about 100 thousand people. Currently, Polotsk and Polotsk District maintain friendly and partnership relations with 28 cities and districts from 12 countries. Among them, treaties have been signed with 10 Russian subjects (Elektrostal of the Moscow Region, Tosno of the Leningrad Region, Beskudnikovsky District and the Sokol District Administration of Moscow, Veliky Novgorod, Velikiye Luki, Suoyarvsky District of Karelia, the city of Kursk, the city of Rostov the Great.and, Polevskoy city of Sverdlovsk region, Pskov district). Kansk of Krasnoyarsk Krai will become the 29th city with which Polotsk will establish friendly and partnership relations. And on Polotsk City Day, it is planned to sign a similar agreement with the city of Konakovo of Tver region.
Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.