The Regional Council of Cagliari Province would like to implement a Belarusian-Italian project to set up a Sardinia culture centre in the Minsk region, President of the Council Roberto Pili said at a roundtable meeting “Cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with foreign organisations in children’s recuperation. On implementing the international project “Belarus is my discovery”.

According to him, the setting up of such Italian centre will promote tourism in the region. “Belarus attaches great importance to the tourism infrastructure development. This is the area of mutual interest,” Roberto Pili said.

According to Alexander Samuilich, the director of the international links centre of the Education Ministry of Belarus, implementing joint Belarusian-Italian projects became possible after Parliament of Sardinia adopted a law on cooperation with Belarus. That allowed to implement a project of vocational training of Belarusian youths in Italy in the professions most required in Belarus, to organize culture festivals, materialize a project of cooperation between regions of Sardinia and Belarus. “Signing of the agreement between the Minsk region and Sardinia province of Nora is under discussion in the foreign ministries of the two countries,” Alexander Samuilich said.