live main news in polden, in the studio olga kalairova, hello and briefly about the topics of the issue: the role of interregional cooperation in building the innovative economy of the union state in vitebsk, the forum of regions of belarus of russia started in vitebsk, how are guests greeted on belarusian soil and what is the program in live broadcasts?

we’ll also take a look at kazakhstan, almaty, where nuclear cooperation will be the focus, and we’ll tell you what’s on the agenda of the business forum. €2.5 billion for the european fence. poland and the baltic states are asking for money to build a defense line on the border with belarus and russia. the power and strength of our army, the polone szk-400 triumph missile system, iskander m and a drone. on independence day, the best examples of the domestic military industry will be presented. rehearsals continue for the aerial part of the parade. new contracts and a single platform for discussing common issues. the eleventh forum of regions of belarus and russia began today. this year's theme is the role of interregional cooperation in building innovative economy of the union state. for 2 days, participants will work closely to bring approaches together. our correspondents

are currently working in different locations and are ready to share details. good afternoon, colleagues, this is the vitebsk region. the format has been slightly updated this year; it takes place in three cities at once: vitebsk, polotsk and novopolotsk. by the way, it is the northern region of belarus that has the longest border with russia. true, these days. distance between regions of the union state does not matter. cooperation between partners is established here, personally, directly, bypassing in some cases thousands of kilometers. one might say the form seems to have brought even brest and vladivostok closer together. convenient if you suddenly need to speed up some deliveries or agree on joint production. specifically, now we are at polotsk state university, the second of nine sections works here. it is dedicated to interregional cooperation, and is one of the largest in terms of the number of participants. the largest ones are 200 people, here

and representatives of ministries, departments, scientific circles, a large group of russian governors, each responsible for their own topic. the allies, of course, have enough common issues: culture, tourism, historical memory, the youth agenda, but at the forefront, of course, is the economy; belarus and russia in trade last year showed an unprecedented growth rate that cannot be slowed down this year. the forum of regions will significantly add to the total figure. signing contracts is perhaps the key goal here. and specifically the result. gomel region bryansk trade turnover has more than doubled and already reached 25 billion last year for all other partners, including kursk, which has quadrupled its trade turnover over the past 3 years.

investment technology park together with belarusian enterprises, so we will discuss these issues today. today there will be many meetings at various dialogue platforms; in addition to nine sections, a joint event of the chambers of commerce and industry of belarus and russia is being held in parallel. the youth agenda is being discussed, and the control agencies of the two countries will meet at a panel session. i have all the information by this time, i’ll give the floor to my colleague daria rachkom. dear colleagues, i am contacting you directly from the vostochny vitebsk international airport. an hour ago

a plane landed with the chairman of the federation council valentina matvienko, of course, we were greeted hospitably, as always with bread and salt, these are our traditions, i ask the director. more than 300 media representatives, all of them are now in the sections themselves, and a certain pool of journalists has been formed who will accompany our speakers today, we have certain badges, but both for the journalists themselves and for the representatives of the delegation, we are still waiting to see how these 2 days will go. but we are sure that the forum of regions is a platform that has proven itself to be an effective dialogue between our regions. the program for today is quite dense, now the delegation is halfway to polotsk, there will be such an excursion into the history of culture, and there is also

a cadet school, and the st. sophia cathedral, the holy frasinets convent, but for now i will not reveal all the details of the program, so now we will also be heading to polosk, all the details will be at 15:00 before the meeting, thank you, daria, the forum of regions of belarus and russia started in vitebsk. public safety during the forum is ensured by the police in vitebsk. the personnel of the regional garrison have been transferred to an enhanced version of service. spectators will be able to attend the concert program after a personal search. today everyone will be able to enter the summer amphitheater through checkpoints . an operational and situational headquarters has been established to coordinate the work. special attention paid to road safety, for this purpose , employees of the state automobile inspectorate worked out and examined the routes of the forum participants, objects associated with holding events, places of residence of guests, were placed under round-the-clock security,

and mobile rapid response teams were provided to ensure law and order. police officers and military personnel are focused on immediate response and suppression of any violations of communication. at the ministry of internal affairs. and now we are moving to kazakhstan, here in the center attention to cooperation within the eac, logistics, financial markets and the water and energy balance of the eurasian region. the main topic of the international business forum. our correspondent, svetlana lukinyuk, works in almaty. svetlana, good afternoon, what other topics are on the agenda of the union five? good afternoon, colleagues, one of the central topics that is being heard here today at the international forum. almaty is, of course, a search for new sources of financing for projects, this is in agriculture, as well as in industry, because industrialization, import substitution and localization are said to be the main components of the development of the economies of the countries of the eurasian economic union in the near

future. so, speaking about new sources of financing, today a new topic was raised for us, this is, for example, islamic capital, islamic money, which can come to the economies of the countries of the eurasian economic...

but in the future, developing this corridor, creating the main crossroads here . we predict an increase in exports, for example, containers per year, well, of course, we agricultural products, today an important agreement was signed here on the sidelines of the forum, this is on the development of infrastructure for the eurasian agroexpress, let me remind you that he is responsible: precisely for the supply of food, and it must be said that the main thing today is to create such warehouses so that high-quality goods arrive products, i will name only a few figures in the development of the agricultural products market, for example, over the past 20 years it has grown almost eight times, reaching

$15 billion today; according to forecasts, for example, by 2035, even more growth is expected almost doubled, well, the amount is up to 30 billion dollars, so these are the topics of agricultural... market, agro-industrial complex, also the water and energy complex, transport framework, the main ones today at the international forum here, colleagues, thank you, is taking place in almaty. international business forum. poland and the baltic countries have called on the eu to build a seven-hundred-kilometer defense line along the borders of belarus and russia, reuters reports. the corresponding letter expresses confidence that such a system will satisfy the urgent need to protect them, and at the same time other eu countries from military and hybrid threats. naturally, they are asking for 2.5 billion euros for construction. here i remember the polish effective fence on the border with our country for 400 euros, which, as has already been admitted, in warsaw, is overcome by migrants for 25.