From industrial cooperation and the creation of a multihub to waste recycling. What Krutoy agreed with the governor of the Moscow region

January 17, Moscow. Ambassador of Belarus to RUSSIA Dmitry Krutoy today held talks with Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov. What the parties managed to agree on and what tasks for the development of cooperation they set at the end of the meeting, Dmitry Krutoy told, answering a question from a BelTA correspondent.

According to the ambassador, the industry was discussed first of all, especially in terms of industrial cooperation and import substitution projects. “The Moscow region has its own very large import substitution program, about 13-15 large import substitution projects are implemented every year, so the governor was interested in the possibilities of Belarus in industrial cooperation,” Dmitry Krutoy said. “We already have very good examples: the MINSK Motor the plant cooperates very closely with the Noginsk fuel equipment plant, an elevator production with a high degree of localization has been created, and so on." In the near future - the creation of a joint holding of automotive components.

“The governor also invited our large enterprises to think about creating such a multi-industrial hub, where we could not only engage in trade and services throughout the entire Moscow region and, possibly, adjacent regions, but also revive some cooperative competencies,” continued Dmitry Krutoy. for example, on the basis of the MAZ chassis, to produce municipal, medical, fire equipment. This is a new proposal, we are now studying potential sites and infrastructure. Perhaps in the near future we will reach some agreements and agreements."

Another area that was actively discussed today is agriculture. “In the Moscow region, a bet has been made on animal husbandry, processing of dairy products,” the ambassador explained. “The next topic is greenhouse farming. The governor spoke about several large complexes that were put into operation last year and invited the delegation of Belarus to get acquainted with the experience of the most modern technologies greenhouse year-round cultivation of vegetables. In addition, the topic of processing fruit and berry products was touched upon. We agreed to actively cooperate in this area."

“Well, the third topic is housing and communal services,” said Dmitry Krutoy. “The so-called garbage reform has been implemented in Russia for five years. is the leader in Russia, 11 new processing plants are being built plus four waste incinerators.Given that the President pays special attention to this topic within our program, we also agreed to exchange delegations of relevant specialists so that there would be some cooperation here.In turn, the governor expressed interest in the acquisition of our waste collection and recycling equipment. This is also the most important and interesting area of ​​​​our cooperation."

The ambassador also said that on behalf of the leadership of Belarus he invited the governor of the Moscow region to pay an official visit to Minsk. "We will select an appropriate program. He accepted this proposal, I think that this visit will take place in the near future," Dmitry Krutoy added.

The Moscow region is one of the main trade partners of Belarus among the regions of the Russian Federation. According to the Embassy of Belarus in Russia, in January-November 2022, mutual trade amounted to $8 billion 874.5 million, having increased by more than a quarter (+25.1%) compared to the same period in 2021. Belarusian exports to the Moscow region grew to $5 billion 746.6 million (+46.2%), imports amounted to $3 billion 127.9 million (-1%).

The structure of Belarusian exports is dominated by supplies of cheese and cottage cheese, televisions, monitors and projectors, butter, medicines packaged for retail sale, condensed and dry MILK and cream, parts and accessories for cars and tractors, ready-made or canned fish, plastic containers, MEAT and edible offal of poultry.

In terms of Belarusian exports, the Moscow Region ranks first among Russian regions. In terms of trade turnover, Belarus is the largest foreign trade partner of the Moscow region.

Interaction with this Russian region is carried out within the framework of the agreement between the governments of Belarus and the Moscow region on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation dated June 14, 2000, as well as on the basis of the implementation of medium-term programs of trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation on main industry areas. A working group has been set up to develop and coordinate cooperation with the Moscow Region. On the Belarusian side, it is headed by First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov.