Economic and cultural ties between the regions have existed for a long time. Now the task is to find new points of contact. Guests study the work of public utilities and the experience of processing household waste. An agreement on cooperation between the Grodno Zonal Institute of Plant Growing and a similar institution from Tomsk was concluded. Today Grodno hosted a meeting of the working group on cooperation between Belarus and the Tomsk region. The trade turnover between our country and the Russian region increased by 160% over the year.