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Belarus, Denmark to promote interregional cooperation

MOGILEV, 9 February (BelTA) – Belarus and Denmark intend to promote interregional cooperation, Holger Pyndt, Director of the National Association of Local Authorities of Denmark, told media in Mogilev on 9 February. Representatives of local authorities of the Danish cities Aarhus, Odense, and Lolland as well as representatives of the Denmark Interior Ministry are on a three-day visit to the Mogilev Oblast. They are supposed to take part in a Belarusian-Danish seminar in Mogilev on 9 February. Denmark experts visited Belarus in 2009 and chose the Mogilev Oblast as the partner to promote interregional cooperation with. In November 2009 a Mogilev delegation visited Denmark and the prospective partner cities of Aarhus, Odense, and Lolland. Now the Danish delegation is on a reciprocal visit to the Mogilev oblast. “Apart from getting familiar with the potential and places of interest in the Mogilev Oblast we have come to share local government and self-government practices, to determine major avenues and prospects of future cooperation. In particular, we have already envisaged several interesting projects. As requested by our partner cities we will share our experience of waste utilization and usage of alternative energy resources using the Odense and Lolland municipalities as an example while representatives of the Aarhus municipality will get the Mogilev administration familiar with one-stop operation routines,” said Holger Pyndt. Chairman of the Mogilev Oblast Council of Deputies Vladimir Pantyukhov remarked that Mogilev is primarily interested in Danish practices of social life necessities. The Danish delegation is expected to get familiar with places of interest in Mogilev, Bobruisk, and Belynichi, to visit several social institutions of the oblast, to meet with representatives of the local authorities, councils of deputies and the general public.

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