On August 21, Vitebsk /Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. Since the beginning of the current year, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee has concluded 22 investment agreements worth Br1.3 trillion in accordance with Decree No. 10 "On Creating Additional Conditions for Investment Activities in the Republic of Belarus," Svetlana Medvedskaya, Head of the Investment and Innovation Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Economics Committee, told a BELTA correspondent. The project implementation periods are set until 2019. In total, since Decree No. 10 came into force (entered into force on August 6, 2009. - BELTA note), 91 investment agreements worth Br3.6 trillion have been concluded in the region. Thus, one-third of the amount of signed agreements was accounted for by the current year, the interviewee emphasized. The activation of fruitful cooperation with investors in the region, including foreign ones, has been facilitated by both the organisation of international investment and innovation forums and the strengthening of economic, cultural, and educational ties between the region and regions of other states. Foreign partners have shown interest in projects in the meat and dairy and food industries, in garment manufacturing, and in the deep processing of wood and peat for the production of fuel pellets. For example, a Russian company, together with the Verkhnedvinsk Butter and Cheese Factory, is establishing a joint venture "Verkhny Lug" and commencing the production of "Mozzarella" type cheese. The total investment amount will be Br21 billion. Approximately 95% of the products will be exported to the Russian Federation. The Swedish company "Vireo Energy AB" is creating facilities for obtaining landfill gas and producing electrical and thermal energy from it at solid municipal waste landfills in Tolochinsky, Orshansky, and Vitebsky districts. In Gluboksky district, the construction of the health and tourist complex "Plissa" is underway, with approximately Br17.5 billion already invested.