According to the press service of the head of the region, on October 30 in the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin during a working meeting between the Acting Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin and a delegation of the Presidium of the Public Chamber of the Union State, issues of cooperation in trade, economic, scientific, technical and humanitarian spheres were discussed.
“Belarus is our first foreign trade partner out of all 143 countries with which we work,” said Gleb Nikitin.
According to him, in 2016, trade between Belarus and the Nizhny Novgorod region amounted to $ 757 million, according to the results of eight months, this figure was at around $ 630 million.
The head of the region noted that the task for the future is to achieve a trade turnover with the Republic of Belarus of $ 1 billion.
“Our cooperation will only expand,” noted Andrei Biryukov, co-chairman of the Public Chamber of the Union State from the Republic of Belarus. “I know that the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Belarus has offered the Nizhny Novgorod region to organize the production of agricultural machinery, which will give an additional impetus to the development of our economic relations.”
Source: https://www.nta-nn.ru