Ukraine and Belarus open a new page of trade and economic and regional cooperation

Ukraine and Belarus are opening a new page of trade and economic and regional cooperation. Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and the Municipal Services Hennadii Zubko stated this, opening the 23^rd session of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Belarusian joint commission on trade and economic cooperation.

According to him, the countries will cooperate on several strategically important areas. The key ones are the localization of enterprises of the Belarusian engineering on the Ukrainian territory and the establishment of joint ventures in Belarus.

"All the issues discussed during meetings of the working groups and everything reflected in the protocol will enable us to see new aspects of the relationship as well as in the transport infrastructure. Promising directions of our cooperation are the industrial complex, localization of enterprises of the Belarusian engineering on the Ukrainian territory and establishment of joint ventures in Belarus," the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine underlined.

According to Hennadii Zubko, one of Ukraine’s reform programs is regional development.

"That’s why we have chosen Chernihiv on purpose to hold a meeting of our committee. It is very important that regions can contact directly and establish cooperation with each other directly without intermediaries," he said.

The official also stated that Ukraine today has made unprecedented steps towards liberalization of port fees, simplification of all the procedures.

"We expect Belarusian cargo to reach Ukrainian ports", Hennadii Zubko emphasized.

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine added we opened a new page of relations between Ukraine and Belarus in terms of regional development, the relationship between production companies, traffic and new trade and economic relations.