OREANDA-NEWS. February 16, 2009. A delegation of the Gomel oblast led by First Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Baranov is on an official visit to the Lubusz Wojewodztwo till February 20. The delegation is composed of top officials of the economy committee of the oblast, the oblast association of fruit and vegetable producers, and Gomeloblpishcheprom.

The visit is held in line with the cooperation agreement signed between the regions. A list of joint projects will be presented to the receiving side. They were developed on the basis of the agreements reached during the visit of the Lubusz Wojewodztwo delegation to the Gomel oblast in autumn 2008. The Belarusian side is most interested in the development of cooperation in the agricultural processing area. The delegation is to visit a number of factories producing juice, and meet with equipment manufacturers who are to come from Switzerland for that purpose.

The sides are to discuss the joint participation in the transborder cooperation projects within the framework of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument, namely the Baltic Sea Region and Poland-Belarus-Ukraine. The delegation is to come to the town of Zielona Gora to discuss the participation of the Gomel oblast in the international song contest.