11 May 2015
Grodno has a new sister-city

The Forum is organized by Ministry of Commerce of China, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

As the result are 25 of signed agreements.

So, the agreement on friendship and cooperation between Gomel and Harbin, Grodno and Lunnan (Gansu Province), Polotsk and Mudanjiang are signed today. Also Brest region and Hubei, Minsk City Executive Committee and People’s Government of Beijing is going to cooperate too. The cooperation will be based on relevant documents.

A sister-city relation between Grodno and Lunnan is going based on principles set out in the international agreement on establishing diplomatic relations and seeking to further strengthen and develop the relations of friendship and cooperation between Belarus and China.

The parties agreed to cooperate on the basis of equality and mutual benefit by joint efforts to promote friendly exchanges and trade and economic relations between the inhabitants of the cities, actively carry out exchanges and cooperation in economy and trade, science and technology, culture, education, sports, health and other fields, to exchange experts.

The agreement is singed for 5 years.