MINSK, 27 September (BelTA) – Minsk is actively developing mutually beneficial partnership with many regions of the People's Republic of China, Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev said at a video conference on the development of Belarusian-Chinese trade and economic projects, BelTA has learned.
The Minsk City Hall held a video conference on cooperation between Minsk and its sister city of Changchun, the center of the Chinese province of Jilin. Vladimir Kukharev addressed his Chinese colleagues with a welcoming speech: "Our peoples are inextricably linked by ties of sincere friendship and selfless cooperation. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, Belarus and China have been cooperating in many areas. Comprehensive contacts are strong and stable. The capital of the Republic of Belarus has been strengthening mutually beneficial partnership with many regions of the People's Republic of China. Minsk and the cities of China have signed more than 20 cooperation agreements, including ащгк twinning agreements."
China is one of the three main trading partners of Minsk. A vivid example of effective cooperation is the Great Stone Industrial Park. The parties maintain close cooperation in science, education and culture ."We are set to continue cooperation, to maintain momentum in the bilateral relations and diligently implement the agreements reached by the leaders of our countries," Vladimir Kukharev concluded.
