The 11th Forum of the Regions of Belarus and Russia on the topic "The Role of Interregional Cooperation in Building an Innovative Economy of the Union State" kicked off in Vitebsk, Polotsk and Novopolotsk on June 27. the program of the first day of the forum features thematic breakout sessions, a meeting of representatives of the Youth Council (Parliament) under the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus and the Chamber of Young Legislators under the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and a special panel session of the supervisory agencies of Belarus and Russia.
Pictured: Andrei Shevchenko, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Government and Northern Affairs, and Leonid Zayats, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Regional Policy and Local Self-Government of the Council of the Republic, attend the breakout session "Interregional Cooperation as the Most Important Driver of Progressive Development of the Union State".
