11 April 2005
Brest oblast and Trencin region of Slovakia to consolidate cooperation
Brest oblast and Trencin region of Slovakia will consolidate cooperation. The interaction fields were discussed at the meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Slovakia Valeriy Voronetskiy with head of Trencin region Stephan Stephansen and mayor of the town Bronislaw Tseller. The parties considered prospects of enhancing the ties between the twin-cities of Brest and Trencin as well as possibility of stepping up contacts in trade, education and culture. As a BelTA correspondent was told in the embassy of Belarus in Bratislava, on the invitation of the leadership of Trencin, Valeriy Voronetskiy took part in the solemn events on the occasion of celebrating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the town from the Nazis. A solemn meeting was held and the wreaths were laid at the monuments of soldiers who fell liberating Slovakia from the Nazis. Attending the ceremony were ambassadors of Belarus, Check Republic, the USA, military attaches from Russia, France, Rumania, Poland, Hungary, representatives of political parties, the Slovakian Anti-Nazis Union, veterans and residents of the town.
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