Today, Advisor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Ukraine Valeriy Baranovskyi and Third Secretary of the Belarusian Embassy in Ukraine Dmytro Sudas were on a working visit to Volyn. \nThe purpose of the visit of the representatives of the Republic of Belarus was to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation. \nDuring their stay in Volyn, the delegation met with First Deputy Head of the Regional State Administration Volodymyr Panchyshyn and with heads of structural subdivisions of the Regional State Administration. At these meetings, the state and prospects for the development of trade and economic ties between Volyn and the Republic of Belarus were discussed. In addition, the embassy representatives visited the Volyn Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with whose representatives they considered the problem of further intensifying Ukrainian-Belarusian trade and economic ties. \nas the vice-president of the Volyn Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mykhailo Hrinchenko told a correspondent of ULutsk Investment, no concrete results in the form of signed cooperation agreements or investment intentions were signed at the meeting. Mainly, the problems of trade and economic ties between Ukraine and Belarus were discussed. According to Mykhailo Hrinchenko, the main obstacle to the active development of trade and economic relations between the two states is the ban on Belarusian enterprises carrying out transactions and settlements in convertible currency. \nAfter the official negotiations, Valeriy Baranovskyi and Dmytro Sudas visited Lubart's Castle, the Old Town, and the Museum of the Volyn Icon on guided tours. \n