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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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Mikhail Mishustin held a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State together with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Turchin.
From the transcript:
M. Mishustin: Good afternoon, esteemed colleagues! Alexander Genrikhovich (Turchin), Sergei Yuryevich (Glazyev), everyone who has come to the capital today – welcome to the Russian Government House.
I am pleased to welcome all participants of the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State in Moscow.
A meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, chaired by the presidents of Russia and Belarus, is scheduled for the end of this month. And, of course, the main goal today is to ensure preparations for the upcoming meeting of our leaders.
As Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin emphasized, trade and investment exchanges are actively developing within the Union State, multifaceted business contacts and cooperative ties are expanding, and conditions are being created for stable, sustainable economic growth in our countries. This has been achieved primarily through the coordinated efforts of the Russian and Belarusian governments to implement the provisions of the Union Treaty.
A significant portion of the tasks planned for 2024 and 2026 have been accomplished—and we can confirm this today. This applies primarily to industry and agriculture, as well as energy, transport and logistics, tax and customs, science, education, culture, and many other areas.
We continue to increase mutual trade turnover. In the first 11 months of last year, it reached almost 4 trillion rubles.
We are also expanding cooperation in industry. We are implementing 26 integration projects to strengthen our independence from foreign suppliers in various industries. Notable areas include automotive, agricultural machinery, microelectronics, and optics. We actively collaborate in machine tool production. We also collaborate in the aircraft and shipbuilding industries.
We place great emphasis on personnel training. Ahead of our meeting, a new intergovernmental agreement was signed on the operating conditions of the Belarusian-Russian University. It is one of the leading educational and research centers, with approximately 4,000 students enrolled. The signed document confirms its status as an intergovernmental educational organization and establishes a unified level of scholarship support. Students will continue to be able to master in-demand professions to the highest standards.
Today, we will consider solutions that will also contribute to the further development of a common socio-economic space. It is proposed to provide Russian and Belarusian enterprises with the opportunity to obtain "Union State Goods" status for their products. Currently, this applies to a number of products, including machine tools, buses, trucks, and microelectronics. This list will undoubtedly be expanded.
The main condition is that industrial products must be manufactured jointly, using materials and components from both countries. Companies that produce them will have access to additional support measures and preferences from both Russia and Belarus. And consumers will clearly understand that these high-quality goods are made in the Union State.
We continue to work together to improve transport connectivity. This is important for passenger convenience, strengthening connections between people, and creating new cooperation networks.
Today we will also discuss how regular cross-border commuter rail transport should be organized between neighboring regions of Russia and Belarus.
It is expected that privileged categories of citizens of our countries will be entitled to free travel along the entire train route.
To be continued…
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