Business circles of Vitebsk region and Latvia will discuss joint projects at a business forum in Latgale

March 26, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Days of the Vitebsk region will be held on April 22-25 in Latgale, Deputy Chairman of the Economics Committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Konstantin Cherny told a BELTA correspondent. Latgale is the eastern part of Latvia, a region bordering the Vitebsk region and traditionally maintaining close contacts with Belarus. It includes 6 districts with centers in Balvi, Ludza, Rezekne, Preili, Kraslava and Daugavpils. The Vitebsk delegation will be welcomed by the second largest and most important city in Latvia - Daugavpils. About 70 enterprises of the region of various forms of ownership - from giants OJSC Naftan, Polotsk-Steklovolokno to communal property canneries and small private enterprises - will exhibit their products and take part in a contact and cooperation exchange with the participation of Latvian business circles. A visit to Daugavpils enterprises and the presentation of investment proposals from Vitebsk region enterprises are also planned. During the business forum, agreements on cooperation between the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and the Latgale local government, and action plans for cooperation between the administrations of the city of Vitebsk with the administrations of Daugavpils and Rezekne, Braslav, Miory, Verkhnedvinsk, Vitebsk, Glubokoye districts with the districts of Latgale will be signed. -0-