What Voronezh Region Governor asked Belarusian leader to do
Belarus and Russia’s Voronezh Region have achieved significant success in construction co-operation and intend to continue liaisons in this direction. During today’s meeting with President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, Voronezh Region Governor Alexander Gusev asked Belarusian partners for support in the construction of a new football stadium in the regional centre.
“This requires a decision by the Russian Government, enabling us to sign such a contract without competitive procedures. It seems to me this would be a very correct form of interaction,” Alexander Gusev noted. “As far as those successful projects that have already been implemented are concerned (particularly, the construction of the Sodruzhestvo mega-school – a large educational centre for almost three thousand students), we see that everything is being done efficiently and very quickly.”
In an interview with journalists, Alexander Gusev clarified that the stadium will boast the most modern format, seating 25,000 spectators and having very good multimedia content.
“It will be a great field. We are sometimes criticised by the teams arriving in Voronezh. If they used to lose on a not very good field, now they will lose on a good field,” the Voronezh Region Governor noted with humour.
As for industrial interaction, he agreed with the Belarusian leader on the need to strengthen co-operation ties, “You rightly noted that we have opportunities in the development of the radio-electronic industry. We boast a lot of competencies in the region, about two dozen enterprises are working in this direction. Of course, we could complement each other in this regard. This year we’ll bring a large delegation of business directors who could start liaising directly.”
