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MINSK, 30 November (BelTA) – The Belarusian children’s ballet company will show The Nutcracker in French Lyon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to France Pavel Latushko told the media during the Belarusian-French interregional business forum on 30 November.

“Today it is important to strengthen cultural relations. This year the Belarusian Embassy in France organized concerts of Pesnyary band in Lyon and Paris. Marina Vezhnovets’ children’s ballet company will bring The Nutcracker production to Lyon before the end of the year,” Pavel Latushko said.

With the main focus on economic matters, the forum also envisages a number of cultural events. The Art Capital: From France to Belarus expo will open in Minsk on 1 December. The exposition in the National Center of Contemporary Arts will feature the works of 15 famous modern French artists, and also 11 Belarusian painters and sculptors who took part in the French prestigious expo Art en Capital in Paris’ Grand Palais in 2015. The exposition will stay open through 22 December.

The Belarusian-French interregional business forum is running in Minsk on 30 November–1 December. The event has been organized by the Belarusian Embassy in France and the Minsk City Hall.