
MINSK, 17 March (BelTA) - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Andrei Molchan met with Silfredo Zambrano, Mayor of san Cristóbal, the capital of the state of Táchira, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Caracas.
The meeting was also attended by Fernando Arrundell, Head of Protocol and International Relations at the Táchira State Government Office.
The parties discussed the prospects for cooperation between the State of Tachira and the Republic of Belarus. Given that this region of Venezuela generates a third of the country's total agricultural output, cooperation in agriculture, where Belarus has strong positions, is of particular interest.
Following the talks, the parties outlined the specific areas of cooperation to be studied in more detail in the very near future.