We are living near to each other.

The Joint Delegation of BELARUS SOCIETY FOR FRIENDSHIP AND CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN
COUNTRIES and BELARUS / POLAND Society has visited Poland. The Protocol on Co-Operation with POLAND /
EAST Society has become the result of this visit.

This document is about organization of joint conferences, science meetings, and other events of humanitarian nature in Belarus
and Poland. Science and Culture representatives of both countries will participate in these events. This document will facilitate
partnership relations between Belarus and Poland cities, co-operation with native Belarusian people in Poland and native Polish
people in Belarus, positive and friendly presentation of history and Belarus / Poland today's relations in mass media,
development of trade and economics co-operation between our countries which will be profitable for both of them.

There was signed also the protocol on co-operation for the next year between BELARUS / POLAND and POLAND /
BELARUS Societies. In accordance with this document there will be the conference of Belarusian and Polish historians in
Poland, vacations for Belarusian children in Poland and Polish children in Belarus, tourism exchange, co-operation between
Belarusian and Polish schools and other educational organizations, the events to remember the 60th's anniversary of World
War II start and the joint fight of Belarusian and Polish people against the Hitler's invaders, and more co-operation between the
International Relations departments of Belarus State University and Warsaw University.

Boris Zalessky.
Russian to English translation
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