Minsk Oblast and
Shandong Province have signed an agreement
on friendly
relations. The document was signed on the eve of
the International
Conference on the Development
of Cooperation with twin
cities. The main topic
of the negotiations is the supply
of automotive components to Belarus
and the creation of a joint production
facility at the Great
Stone site. This
is the second Chinese
region with which
the Minsk Oblast has established twinning
relations: the first was
Chongqing Province.