President of Belarus meets with delegation of Bashkortostan – Rossiyskaya Gazeta
When representatives of the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Republic of Belarus meet, the first thing they pay attention to is the similarity of abbreviations, RB. Moreover, even the names of the main universities in Belarus and Bashkortostan are also spelled the same – BSU. And so that the Bashkir State University is not confused with the Belarusian State University (in this region there is a powerful Belarusian diaspora), in Ufa they even changed the abbreviated spelling of the native university to BashSU.
Bashkortostan and Belarus have a lot in common in their approaches to solving the main problems, especially to the economy as a whole. Economic issues were actively discussed during the recent visit of a representative Bashkir delegation to Minsk. The head of Bashkortostan, Radiy Khabirov, was received by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. He is grateful that the interest in Bashkortostan on the part of Belarus is pragmatic due to the significant volume of mutual trade. For the nine months of 2021, the trade turnover amounted to $ 217.2 million.
“The main problem is obvious and quite solvable – to restore the pre-crisis trade turnover to $ 700 million as soon as possible,” said Alexander Lukashenko. He uses to correct the slogan “We can do better” adopted in Bashkortostan to “Together we can do better and more!”.
The Eurasian Library in Ufa will be designed by analogy with the National Library of the Republic of Belarus
Taking into account the powerful database of Bashkortostan and the industrial potential of Belarus, the parties intend to increase the volume of supplies of engineering products. These are modern automobile, agricultural, road-building and communal equipment of the leading Belarusian enterprises – MAZ, MTZ, Gomselmash, Amkodor, BELAZ, as well as the elevator equipment of Mogilevliftmash. Also, Belarus is ready to offer the Russian region modern technologies and equipment for water treatment, water treatment and wastewater disposal, equipment and technologies for a full cycle for sorting and processing solid municipal waste.
“We are always ready to share the accumulated experience and technologies in all industries, there have never been any secrets from you,” the President of Belarus assured.
Mutually beneficial cooperation will be continued on the long-tested site of the agro-industrial complex. Only this year, with the use of Belarusian technologies and equipment, frame-tent calf houses were built at the Ashkadarsky agricultural enterprise in the Meleuzovsky region and the Artemida breeding farm in the Karmaskalinsky region.
– Bashkortostan is a powerful breeding region. This is a very important area for us, – Minister of Agriculture and Food of Belarus Ivan Krupko. – We also see promising further development of the zoning of wheat, rapeseed and other cultivated and Bashkir breeding varieties.
USD 217 million for the nine months of 2021 the trade turnover between Bashkiria and Belarus.
In order to “ground” the partnership, a representative office of the Congress Bureau of Bashkortostan was opened in Minsk on the territory of the business center on Myasnikov Street. The first document signed at the site was cooperation between the Congress Bureau of Bashkortostan and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Belarus.
Of course, they did not forget about the humanitarian sphere. In particular, after visiting the National Library of Belarus, the head of Bashkortostan, Radiy Khabashkirov, will note that the Eurasian Library in Ufa will be designed according to the same concept. It will be built for the 450th anniversary of the capital of Bashkortostan, which will be celebrated in 2024.
Direct speech
Radiy Khabirov, head of Bashkortostan:
– During the meetings with Belarus of large enterprises, we agreed on basic things. Now there will be a stage of reflection, drawing up road maps, signing agreements. Together with our Belarusian partners, we are in solidarity – it is possible to survive in the conditions of the modern economy only together. The main task is not just to buy equipment, create joint ventures, service sites. The localization of production in our country, the creation of powerful international industrial industrial enterprises in the republic is the optimal solution, taking into account the favorable position of Bashkortostan on the border of Europe and Asia. Therefore, together with the Belarusian side, we plan to start assembling tracked tractors in the republic, we are discussing other projects.
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