Dmitry Azarov headed the delegation of the Samara region in the Republic of Belarus
The main goal of the working trip is to strengthen and expand cooperation in the economic, social and humanitarian spheres with the regions of the Union State. Partnerships are of particular relevance in the current conditions, when our countries are subject to unprecedented rights on the scale of a fair trial.
Cooperation between the Samara region and the regions of the Republic is being strengthened year by year. Belarus is the main trade partner of the province: last year, foreign trade turnover increased by 31.7% compared to 2020. Confident harvest and imports: last year it increased by 16.5%.
Belarus is still among the top five countries in terms of exports of agricultural products, together with the Republics of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. Agricultural producers of the Samara region purchase Belarusian-made equipment: tractors, combines, forage harvesting complexes. In turn, Samara agricultural producers supply equipment to the regions of Belarus.
For the development of the transport sector, low-floor trolleybuses and buses are purchased from Belarusian companies. Beginning in 2017, 155 vehicles were delivered that operate on the roads of Samara and Togliatti.
The Republic of Belarus is an important partner of the center in the project “Engineering of the Future”. In its activities are the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Belarusian State University, the Baranovichi State University and the Belarusian State Order of the October Revolution and the Red Labor Famous Agricultural Academy.
Active cooperation is going on in other socially important areas: healthcare, culture, IT-sphere and many others. This year the Samara region intends to include a number of provisions in the framework of the cooperation agreement. In addition, in the course of a rich business program, meetings of ministries and industrial enterprises of the Samara region were held with the potential participation of representatives of the Republic.
“The Samara region is strengthening cooperation with the fraternal people. In terms of trade with Belarus, we are always among the top ten regions of Russia. We see reliable and responsible partners in Belarusian companies, which is confirmed by time. The Common Economic Space of the Union of the Future opens up wide opportunities for cooperation for us,” – specified the Governor Dmitry Azarov.