MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Romania Andrei Grinkevich visited Salaj County, Transylvania, Romania, representatives of the Belarusian embassy in Romania told BelTA.
The Simleu Silvaniei town administration had invited the diplomat to participate in an official ceremony timed to the anniversary of Romania's unification. Members of the Romanian government and top officials of the town hall were present during the ceremony. Andrei Grinkevich also participated in events timed to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, including events organized by the Northern Transylvania Holocaust Victims Remembrance Museum.
The diplomat also met and held negotiations with representatives of the county administration and the town administration. The Belarusian diplomat visited several cultural and educational institutions, enterprises specializing in woodworking, furniture production, textile manufacturing, and food production. He also visited travel agencies.
During the meetings Andrei Grinkevich presented Belarus' trade, industrial, economic, investment, and tourism potential and discussed the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation. The development of interregional cooperation was discussed as well as the establishment of twinning ties, cooperation in the sphere of education, culture, and tourism.
Salaj County boasts a well-developed industrial and agribusiness economy. It is home to enterprises that make automobiles and automobile components, tires, food, home to woodworking enterprises and furniture producers. A number of large deposits of mineral resources are mined in Salaj County.
