Major areas of cooperation between Belarus, Russia's Samara Oblast outlined
10:35, 8 November
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Samara Oblast is one of the top six regions of Russia in terms of cooperation with Belarus, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi told reporters following the talks with Samara Oblast Governor Dmitry Azarov on 7 November, BelTA has learned.
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Ambassador Dmitry Krutoi noted that the nomenclature of Belarusian exports to this Russian region has been expanding. "We have traditionally cooperated in mechanical engineering, and now, in the face of sanctions and pressure on our countries, we are working on a separate program with AvtoVAZ to supply automotive parts," he said.
The diplomat said that the petrochemical industry is another important avenue of cooperation. "In fact, every major chemical enterprise in Belarus has now found partners in Samara Oblast, and long-term partnerships are being forged between them," he said.
"Supplies of Belarusian equipment increase every year. Traditionally, farmers of Samara Oblast use Belarusian harvesters and tractors. Since last year the supplies of utility and road construction equipment has increased substantially," Ambassador Dmitry Krutoi noted.
The Belarusian side also began to participate in the program to upgrade passenger transport fleet in Samara Oblast. "Samara Oblast is probably the main region this year in terms of shipments of Belarusian buses to the largest cities - Samara, Togliatti, Syzran," the ambassador said.
As for cultural and humanitarian cooperation, according to the ambassador, the parties have held more than a dozen major joint events in the last six months alone.
During his visit to Samara, the Belarusian ambassador also attended the Memory Parade: this event was timed to coincide with the date of the military parade, which took place in the then Kuibyshev (present-day Samara) in 1941. The Memory Parade has been held for 13 years. This year it featured the military from Brest for the first time.
"By the way, 82 years ago, the Samara parade was also attended by foreign diplomats evacuated to Samara (the then Kuibyshev), the "reserve capital". The might and determination of the Red Army, whose units left the square for the front, the variety and quantity of equipment participating in the parade finally convinced the world capitals of the strength of the Soviet Union," the press service of the Belarusian Embassy in Russia noted.
