Poland’s Pomerania and Belarusian regions have cooperation potential, Ruslan Esin says

The province of Pomerania and the regions of Belarus have big cooperation potential, General Consul of the Republic of Belarus to Gdansk Ruslan Esin said in an interview to Belarusian mass media.
“It is important that direct links should be established between Belarusian regions and the north-western region of Belarus so that Belarusian large companies-exporters have partners and work without middlemen there,” the diplomat said.
According to him, in Gdansk and other towns of the province have opportunities to promote services of Belarusian construction organizations, goods of the petrochemical companies and high-tech products. This region of Poland is an important transport route to deliver goods via Baltic seaports. However today Polish seaports cannot offer competitive tariffs for transshipment of Belarusian foods. “The prices for the services of the railway services are almost two times as high as the tariffs on deliveries of Belarusian goods to the Baltic seaports of other countries. However I am sure that in the future the Polish seaports will get involved in the cargo flow of Belarusian import and export,” Ruslan Esin said.
Businessmen of Belarus and Poland have started implementing concrete programs. For example the 1st Pomerania-Belarusian business meeting was held not long ago in Pomerania. Attending the meeting were more than 100 representatives of business and local authorities representing the two sides. “This instills hope that a Belarusian commodity distribution network will be set up in the Polish province,” the diplomat said.
The Consulate General of Belarus in Gdansk is encouraging large Belarusian companies to seize opportunities which open up in view of the European football championships which will be staged in Poland in 2012. Gdansk will become one of the venues of the championships. A part of financial resources including the EU funds allocated for the development of the sports and tourist infrastructure will be concentrated there. Belarus may offer construction machines and materials and may set up joint ventures to build the infrastructure objects.
‘Today the Belarusian embassy and the consulate have been doing everything possible to create a foundation for consolidating the economic positions of Belarus and Poland’, Ruslan Esin said.
According to the diplomat, the main task of the consulate general of the Republic of Belarus in Gdansk is to promote the economic interests of the country, to popularize tourist routes and other Belarusian sights and to improve relations with the Belarusian diaspora. ‘We want local Belarusians and natives of Belarus to know that we are ready to protect their interests. The economic growth Belarus has achieved may be used for the creation of joint ventures on the territory of Poland’, the consul general underlined. ‘We also inform residents of the Polish Pomerania about Belarus’ travel potential’, the diplomat said. There is a corresponding information booth in the consulate general. Officials of the consulate use contacts with the regional mass media outlets to inform the Pomeranian residents about Belarus’ travel potential. Not long ago a Belarusian exposition was presented within the framework of the 10the travel exhibition in Gdansk. Visitors of the exhibition paid intense interest in the travel possibilities of Belarus, representatives of the Belarusian travel companies underlined. According to the diplomat, the consulate general has been doing everything to inform representatives of the Belarusian diaspora in Gdansk about the restoration of historical places and about new travel sights in Belarus.
Source:law.by