On December 21st, 2009, the delegation from St.-Petersburg headed by Governor V.I. Matvienko made an official visit to National Library of Belarus.
The delegation included heads of committees, industries and organizations of St.-Petersburg.
Within the framework of the visit in National Library of Belarus took place a closed meeting of Prime-Minister of the Republic of Belarus S.S. Sidorsky and Governor of St.-Petersburg V.I. Matvienko and also a sitting of the Council for business cooperation of Belarus and St.-Petersburg.
During the sitting participants considered the results of trade and economic cooperation and fulfillment of arrangements between the government of Belarus and the government of St.-Petersburg in 2009. The parties examined the prospects of cooperation in the field of cooperation relations development, creation of joint assembly manufactures, supply of transport, municipal and road-building technical equipment, agroindustrial products, food and consumer goods, as well as the questions of development of commodity distribution network of Belarusian enterprises in St.-Petersburg.
V.I. Matvienko and S.S. Sidorsky met representatives of mass-media at the press-conference which was held after the sitting.