Siberia interested in constructive cooperation with Belarus

         Siberia would like to maintain constructive and mutually beneficial cooperation with Belarus, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District of Russia Nikolai Rogozhkin said at the Belarus-Siberia business cooperation forum that took place in Novosibirsk, BelTA reports. “We are ready to cooperate across many areas,” Nikolai Rogozhkin said. In his words, there are a lot of reserves to deepen mutually beneficial trade and economic contacts and humanitarian cooperation. “We need to promote promising cooperation avenues, like science and technology, to set up joint ventures, including innovative companies,” he said. Nikolai Rogozhkin also suggested considering joint educational programs, sharing best practices in supporting innovative SMEs, joint efforts to promote tourism on the domestic markets of Siberia and the Republic of Belarus. Nikolai Rogozhkin underlined that Belarus has become one of the leading partners for many regions of the Siberian Federal District.