NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
Interregional relations help improve the understanding between Belarus and Poland, the Chairman of the Belarusian public association "Twin Towns", member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Boris Batura said as he attended the third meeting of sister cities of Belarus and Poland in Grodno, BelTA has learned.
"We suggested the idea of this forum with a firm belief that we need to strengthen and expand our partnership as the backbone form of the interregional cooperation system,” said Boris Batura.
In his view, the diplomacy of cities should work towards maximum preservation of the ethnic, historical and cultural bonds because the very idea of twinning implies not only pragmatic benefits. "The emotional side of the relations is very important for us, for our peoples," said Boris Batura.
"It is the relations between cities that, in our opinion, may help confront the alienation, misunderstanding, discord, and keep people's hope for stable good-neighborly and promising cooperation,” the Senator said. He expressed the hope that the overall effort to strengthen cooperation between Belarusian and Polish cities will become more coherent and productive.
Boris Batura thanked the Belarusian and Polish diplomats for their support and assistance in the organization of this meeting.
