Belarusian People s Congress adopts resolution
Belarusian People s Congress adopts resolution
The chairman of the editorial commission Valery Mitskevich noted that the congress was preceded by a large public discussion organized in different formats. A total of 1,200 dialogue platforms were set up to bring together representatives of public organizations and political parties, business communities, student and working youth. Community liaison offices were set up across all regions of the country.
More than 1,400 people sent their proposals to the official website of the Belarusian People s Congress. All in all, more than 17,000 proposals concerning the country s development were submitted to the organizing committee. The discussion dealt with a wide range of topics: economy, social affairs, youth policy, social development, state construction. Most of the proposals regarding the social and economic development were included in the main provisions of the draft program of social an
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Work is underway to arrange visits of parliamentary delegations of Switzerland and Moldova to Belarus, Andrei Savinykh, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives, said.
No definite dates for sessions of supreme Belarus-Russia Union State bodies yet
Grigory Rapota. An archive photo
MOSCOW, 21 January (BelTA) – Dates of the next sessions of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia and the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Belarus and Russia have not been determined yet, however, all the necessary matters are being addressed routinely. State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Grigory Rapota made the relevant statement after a session of the High-Level Group of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Belarus and Russia on 21 January, BelTA has learned.
Scope of High-Level Group of Belarus-Russia Union State s Council of Ministers grows
MOSCOW, 21 January (BelTA) – The High-Level Group of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Belarus and Russia is expanding the scope of the matters it deals with. The group s sessions are becoming more regular. State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Grigory Rapota made the relevant statement after a session of the High-Level Group of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Belarus and Russia on 21 January, BelTA has learned.
The official said: “Indeed, the scope is expanding. We are looking deeper into specific things concerning economic interaction. Then, the heads of the group – Vladimir Semashko and Aleksei Overchuk – have expressed their desire and readiness to host sessions rather regularly, at least every two or three months. Experience indicates that we accumulate a sufficient number of issues that need to be addressed.”