WORK ON EXPANDING COOPERATION IN ALL AREAS

BANJA LUKA, MAY 11 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska Prime Minister Savo Minić stated during a meeting with a delegation from Saint Petersburg that the Government is firmly committed to further improving cooperation and stands ready for all good initiatives to be jointly implemented in the future.

During the meeting, it was emphasized that intensive cooperation between Republika Srpska and Saint Petersburg is of essential importance for the two peoples, who share common values and inseparable historical and cultural ties, reads a statement of the Republika Srpska Government's Public Relations Bureau. It was concluded that in the upcoming period, active work will be done on further intensifying and expanding cooperation in all areas, in order to additionally improve existing relations through new projects. The meeting participants highlighted that next year marks two decades since the signing of the Protocol on Cooperation between Republika Srpska and Saint Petersburg, which has produced very successful results. The Russian delegation was headed by Evgeny Grigoriev, Chairman of the Committee on External Relations of Saint Petersburg.