permanent committee of the union state in minsk, igor nazaruk, deputy minister of foreign affairs, yurirepresentative of the russian federation in the republic of belarus, irina novikova, head of the department of the belarusian state technological university. dear guests, good evening, good evening, good evening, hello. yesterday, april 2, we all celebrated the day of unity of the peoples of belarus and russia for the twenty-fifth time, a quarter of a century, dear experts, what does this holiday mean to you, what does it mean? indeed, on april 2 , 1996, an agreement was first signed on the creation of a community of belarus with russia, then on april 2, 1997, an agreement on the creation of a union of belarus. a lot has been done, and industry, the agricultural sector, science, and education, so that we have made very great achievements in any area, but this cannot be done if there is no support of the people, if there is no support of the two peoples, then there will be no movement forward, therefore this is the day of unity of the peoples of belarus and russia, this is the locomotiv