Belarus and Ashkurtostan expand cooperation The Russian region is interested in new joint projects, in strengthening ties between cities and regions, as well as in developing child exchanges. This was said by the Chairman of the State Assembly - Koroltai from Bashkortostan Andrey Nazarov in a meeting with the head of the National Bank of Belarus Roman Golubchenko. Nine twinning agreements between cities and regions have already been signed. Children participate in an exchange within the "Power of Unity" project. Nazarov also emphasized the importance of adopting a law on a special economic regime of the Union State, which would help strengthen Belarus' ties with other Russian regions.