Belarus, Finland discuss joint energy projects

          The strengthening of investment cooperation and widening of interregional contacts between Belarus and Finland were discussed during a working trip of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Lithuania and Finland on concurrent Vladimir Drazhin to Helsinki Municipality. The Belarusian diplomat held a number of meetings with Finnish businessmen. He met with top executives of Neste Oil Oyj, a leading oil-processing company in Finland and Scandinavia. Also, he held negotiations with representatives of the company MW Power Oy and discussed the implementation of joint projects in the field of small- and medium-scale power industry.Vladimir Drazhin also met with representatives of the Finnish pharmaceutical company Biohit Oy. During this meeting the sides discussed the implementation of a pilot project at the Alexandrov National Research Center for Oncology and Radiology under the Belarusian Health Ministry. The project will be designed to carry out cancer screening of the Belarusians at risk for cancer with the use of cutting-edge technologies and methods of early detection of the risk of illness or its symptoms. Vladimir Drazhin provided his assistance in organizing the negotiations on joint projects in meat processing between the Belarusian company Beldan and Atria Oy, the leading producer of meat products in Finland and the Baltic states.