MINSK, 13 April (BelTA) – Belarus invites Polish investors to participate in the project to renovate Lida Castle, Andrei Naumovich, Chairman of the Human Rights, National Relations, and Mass Media Commission of the House of Representatives, the head of the working group of the National Assembly on cooperation with the Polish parliament, told reporters ahead of the meeting of the Polish-Belarusian parliamentary group led by Polish MP Adam Andruszkiewicz with members of the Association of Polish Business in Belarus on 13 April, BelTA has learned.
Today is the third day of the visit of the Polish delegation to Belarus, Andrei Naumovich noted. “Yesterday we paid a visit to Lida Castle. I represent Lida District in the parliament, so I would like us to use the opportunity of cross-border cooperation to attract Polish investment to complete the construction works. This project is very important for Belarus,” Andrei Naumovich emphasized. He added that relevant invitation was extended to the Polish colleagues.
Andrei Naumovich said that Belarusian and Polish MPs maintain an open dialogue based on trust. “We have no closed subjects. We discuss all issues, from politics and economy to social development, including healthcare, culture and education. Besides, we hope to attract Polish investments, Polish capital to Belarus. The current trade of $2 billion is not the highest we can reach. We have all conditions to add another $1 billion. Our commission's objective is to raise the Belarusian-Polish relations to a new level,” the MP emphasized.
Chairman of the Polish-Belarusian parliamentary group Adam Andruszkiewicz also emphasized that the main goal of the visit is to discuss economic issues. “Our today's meeting and the visit in general are focused on economic cooperation, so we meet not only with MPs, but also with businessmen. We have already paid visits to some quite advanced enterprises in Novogrudok and Lida. We see that the countries can cooperate successfully,” he noted.
Arkadiusz Mularczyk, deputy chairman of the Polish-Belarusian parliamentary group, said that the Polish side is glad to have an opportunity to meet with colleagues from the Belarusian parliament, with representatives of the regions and businessmen. “This cooperation is important for us. We would like it to further develop. This is the first visit of the kind, and we invite our colleagues to Poland so that they could get familiar with the parliament, self-government bodies. I think the cooperation will be growing stronger,” the Polish MP noted.
