MOSCOW, 19 November (BelTA) – Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Rumas is set to visit Moscow to attend a meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers on 19 November, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government.
Sergei Rumas is expected to hold one-on-one meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and also a meeting with the participation of delegations of the two countries.
Earlier, Belarus' Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko said that one of the key issues on the agenda of the coming session and bilateral talks is the preparation of the roadmaps for the implementation of the Union State Treaty. “We are developing a new program for the Union State agreement. The treaty itself remains intact. The goals and tasks we set before remain unchanged,” Vladimir Semashko stressed.
In early September the prime ministers of Belarus and Russia coordinated the draft plan of action on the Union State integration program and the list of the corresponding roadmaps. Now the two countries need to work out 31 roadmaps to implement the program. The governments of Belarus and Russia plan to submit the draft roadmaps to the presidents before 1 December. The roadmaps will be signed by heads of the government bodies. The plan of action on the Union State integration program will be signed at the level of the heads of state.
