Five cooperation agreements were signed at the international business conference in Vitebsk

Five cooperation agreements between the cities and districts of the Vitebsk region and Russia, as well as regional business associations, were signed at the international business conference "Innovations - the Path to Successful Integration," which opened in Vitebsk.

Partnership agreements were concluded between Novopolotsk and Buzuluk (Orenburg region), Chashniksky and Buzuluksky districts, the deputy corps of Vitebsk and Ivanovo districts of the respective regions, as well as the Vitebsk Regional Union of Employers and the Orenburg Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. In addition, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the administration of the FEZ "Vitebsk" and the Pakistani agency "Dawood Consult".

The Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Oleg Matskevich, noted that today the Vitebsk region has 22 agreements with various regions of Russia in five federal districts. In addition, the administrations of cities and districts are developing partnerships with 76 Russian municipalities. "These are our good neighbors and friends, we always build relationships in such a way that they are excellent and yield results," emphasized the Deputy Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee.

At the recent IV Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia, the Vitebsk region had two cooperation agreements with the Stavropol Territory and the Saratov region. This year alone, the regional delegation, led by Governor Nikolai Sherstnev, visited the Volgograd, Astrakhan, and Tver regions.

"In order to increase the economic potential of bilateral cooperation, it is necessary to more actively utilize the resource of such partnership agreements between regions, to involve enterprises, business circles, business associations, chambers of commerce and industry, and other structures in this process," noted Oleg Matskevich. Representatives of authorities and businesses from five Russian regions, as well as businessmen from Lithuania, Slovakia, and Pakistan, are participating in the conference. The program of the two-day forum, in addition to the plenary session and presentation of the business potential of the Vitebsk region's districts, includes the holding of

contact and cooperation exchange, sections were organized: "SEZ as a promising platform for attracting foreign investment" and "International economic and scientific-technical cooperation", as well as visits to enterprises and organizations of the Vitebsk region. The conference is organized by the Vitebsk regional and city executive committees, CCUP "Vitebsk Regional Marketing Center", the administration of the FEZ "Vitebsk" and the regional employers' union.

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