Igor Karpenko
MINSK, 6 October (BelTA) – Saint Petersburg has been and remains a strategic partner for Minsk. Deputy Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Igor Karpenko made the statement during the opening ceremony of the forum that gathered representatives of the business circles of Belarus and Saint Petersburg in Minsk on 6 October, BelTA has learned.
Igor Karpenko said he was confident that the business forum will give an impulse to the advancement of bilateral trade and economic cooperation across the board. “I am convinced that various problems will be discussed between economic entities and representatives of business structures and ways of future cooperation will be found,” he said.
According to the source, the regions are supposed to implement high political decisions, which contribute to the development of integration processes in the post-Soviet space.
Saint Petersburg Days are scheduled to take place in Minsk on 6-8 October. The event has been arranged for the sake of stepping up humanitarian cooperation and developing economic ties between companies of Saint Petersburg and Minsk, for finding potential partners and for setting up joint ventures. The delegation of the Russian city includes over 100 people, who are representatives of municipal government agencies, people of culture, heads of enterprises and organizations.
A number of events will be held as part of Saint Petersburg Days in Belarus. Those include a business forum involving representatives of the business communities of Saint Petersburg and Belarus, roundtable sessions on topics of mutual interest (cooperation in food trade, trade and economic affairs, a session of the city program Petersburg Startup), a business matchmaking session, visits to Minsk's top enterprises, and concerts of Saint Petersburg artists.
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