The program of the visit envisages ceremonial laying of wreaths at the Victory Square Obelisk, meetings and talks at the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus and Minsk City Executive Committee, visits to the city’s infrastructure projects ("Minsk-Arena" Multifunctional Cultural and Sports Complex, "Komarovsky Market" Municipal Unitary Enterprise, the City Hall), laying of the foundation stone at the construction site of "Lebiazhy" residential area.
Letter of Intent between Minsk City Executive Committee and People’s Government of Beijing Municipality Is Signed
Letter of Intent between the Minsk City Executive Committee and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality was signed in the Belarusian capital on 18 June. The document was signed by the Mayor of Beijing Guo Tszinlun and the Acting Chairman of Minsk City Executive Committee Nikolai Ladutko, "Minsk-News" Agency reports. The Letter of Intent provides for the development of joint activities directed at enhancing and deepening bilateral economic cooperation and implementing joint projects. In particular, it envisages organization of meetings of business circles of Minsk and Beijing as well as all-round support for the realization of mutually agreed projects, including the construction of "Lebiazhy" residential area and the Beijing Hotel in Minsk. The two sides have also agreed to promote humanitarian, cultural and sports cooperation - to establish and develop direct contacts between educational institutions, youth associations, libraries and museums, arrange days of culture, exchange artistic groups, develop partnerships in the field of physical culture, sport and tourism.
According to the Mayor of Beijing, the Belarusian-Chinese relations are entering a new phase of all-round development and strategic cooperation. During the visit of the Vice-Chairman of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping to Belarus an agreement on cooperation in the field of architectural construction was signed. It covers 15 infrastructure projects totaling over 1.2 billion US dollars. Mr. Guo Tszinlun expressed hope that the construction of "Lebiazhy" residential area (today the Mayor of Beijing is going to take part in laying the foundation stone at the construction site) opens up a new page in the bilateral cooperation between the two cities.
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