Russia and Belarus, together with the pressure of the West and sanctions. This was stated by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin following a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State in Minsk.
“It is safe to say that 25 years ago the leaders of the countries made the right choice. The union construction now helps Belarus and Russia effectively withstand modern challenges and threats, creates the necessary conditions for the further development of our countries, increase the welfare and living standards of peoples. And these are not empty, not ceremonial words, ”said Mishustin.
He noted that all these years Russia and Belarus “go hand in hand” and jointly resist illegal sanctions, external pressure, defending the sovereignty of both the peoples of the two countries and “each person from Russia and Belarus.”
“Under the leadership of our presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, we form a single economic, cultural and humanitarian space, form comfortable conditions for the lives of our people, for comfortable business, attracting investment in our countries, to launch the most important innovative projects in all areas , to resolve all issues of our countries regarding the challenges, in order to solve issues of common challenges in front of us, ”Mishustin emphasized.
According to the prime minister, one of the most important tasks is the unification of the industrial and technological potential of the two countries in order to ensure economic security, import substitution and technological sovereignty. “We are already implementing a significant number of integration import -substituting projects. It is necessary to expand the conducted work, cover new spheres and constantly attract an even larger number of enterprises of the two countries in production and scientific and technological cooperation,” Mishustin said.
Mikhail Mishustin held together with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Roman Golovchenko a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State. According to the results of the meeting, a number of documents were signed, including the resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Union State “On the progress of the main directions of implementation of the provisions of the agreement on the creation of the Union State for 2024-2026”, a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Union State “On the Creating of Comfortable Tariffs to use Communications Services and the transfer of data on the territory of the Union State (the abolition of roaming in the Union State), ”the Rrezolution of the Council of Ministers of the Union State” about “the status of” products of Belarusian and Russian producers as “the goods of the union state” “” and other