[000:00:20;00] live the main news at noon in the studio sergei lugovsky hello and watch in our edition of belarus russia cooperation is increasing kuban can become a key region in the south the delegation of the krasnodar territory today in the palace

of independence the main items on the agenda of the session of parliamentarians the house of representatives has begun lawmaking among, also social obligations and welfare of citizens. we are waiting for the direct connection. minus 33 trillion us dollars set a new anti-record for its state long the figure continues to grow and inexorably leads the states to default and teacher of the year in belarus is the final stage of the competition . the best teachers of our country have entered the fight. kuban can become a key region for belarus at these moments in the palace of independence, our president is holding a meeting with the delegation of the krasnodar territory, as the belarusian head of state noted? now they are working extremely actively with the russian regions, the task is to fulfill all obligations. therefore, in russia

we need an operation on key centers, taking into account the geography in the south of kuban, one of them the krasnodar region, a promising trading partner of belarus, at the end of last year, trade turnover increased by 60% and amounted to $557 million, the president will emphasize that our industry has serious technologies that can be very successfully applied in our neighboring country, from passenger cars to microelectronics ; cooperation in agriculture is a separate point . this is understandable, the krasnodar territory is not russia, but we have excellent results . a ton of work is done to train professionals in equipment for farming on the black sea coast. and the caucasus are interesting from a tourism point of view. do we also have something to offer and show details of communication in our next releases? national security issues are the main ones on

the agenda of the session of parliamentarians in the house of representatives, which met for the tenth session. it is the final one for the current composition ; there are already three dozen issues on the agenda. which ones were discussed first on the first day about the main priorities. let's ask our correspondent svetlana lukinyuk now. she is in direct contact and the hall. svetlana, good afternoon. colleagues, good afternoon. yes now here in the oval hall. we have announced a break here for half an hour; after all, according to tradition , the work of the first half of the day always ends at 12:00. yes, today the session for paying representatives has opened and for the current composition - this is the tenth session. and the final single voting day will be in february. well , until that time, the deputies plan to work so actively and the speaker is setting them up for this productively. vladimir andreichenko and, of course, such a central place is occupied by the revision of laws. according to the updated

constitution yes, a lot of work has already been done both during the last session and today. here , in the oval hall, the figure was announced: 90% has already been done, but these 10%, of course, need to be finalized in order to pass on such a comfortable one to colleagues from the current one from the next team. uh, the legal framework, where all the dots are put together among other draft laws, of course, is of no small importance. eh, issues of national security , today the speaker paid special attention to this. after all, this concept is broad. it applies to economics and military affairs, for example, the social sphere, and the agenda for this session. so far, more than two dozen have been announced. even about three dozen draft laws, of course, others will arrive as soon as they are ready and will be considered by deputies. let me remind you that this is a session. it started today. it will last until the summer, such a new format, because previously it was winter and spring, but the current

composition has already tested this format, for example, last year and they say, deputies, what is comfortable work, because if projects laws are submitted to parliament, they can be quickly considered and an extraordinary meeting can be convened regarding today’s speech. the speaker paid special attention to us so that deputies were active not only in the military hall, but of course on international platforms. they told us how belarus lives and also worked to strengthen the image of belarus as a reliable partner. let's listen to what vladimir andreichenko said, the international authority and influence of such associations as the eurasian economic union and the shanghai organization brix cooperation is expanding. the circle of countries participating in these organizations and belarus among them, the parliamentary corps should be given greater activity to strengthen contacts with

parliamentarians of like-minded states through friendship groups at inter-parliamentary platforms in the format of public diplomacy. speaking about cooperation with deputies from other countries, the speaker paid special attention to the people's republic of china, talking about this, it was noted that now in parliament there are several working groups cooperation with the parliaments of other countries , and so, as for china, instead of the working groups of the committee, there will be such higher bodies. and where they will deal, of course, with issues not only of the legal framework of the two countries, but also , first of all, with economic issues, so that they arise. new projects between belarus and china, generally speaking about the economics of domestic life. in those legislative acts, of course, the draft budget occupies an important place. at every fall session. representatives' fees are the number one basic financial document the main guidelines have already been developed. reviewed by the government.

it is tentatively currently under consideration by the head of state. but after representatives enter the board, zero reading is expected, and then they will be taken to the oval hall talking about the economic block of issues in general. it is quite extensive and they will discuss insurance activities as well as the law on entrepreneurship, they promise that the number of administrative procedures will be reduced, thereby this will have a positive impact on business, but today is the first working day we also looked at one of the economic laws - this is about government procurement, we are talking about prudent spending of budget funds and prevention. let's talk about corruption schemes, let's hear about the main thing about this law: the streamlining of all public procurement procedures, and let's even say simplification, because there are many applications from government agencies from our government organizations that directly work with this bill, since they are the ones who are involved in procurement, and from budget

funds necessary goods, work, services, a in order to minimize time costs. before the break, i will remind you that at this session, on the first day of opening, there are more than a dozen bills in terms of work, including international certifications. they have already been voted for, and deputies also supported the draft laws, which were considered today in the first reading. this is a personal fund and the operation with it is primarily about major repairs and accumulation of funds from everyone. and in this fund the state also does not relieve itself of the obligation to cover 60% of the costs of utilities, but major repairs. she will also finance after the break - that’s already approximately. in about 25 minutes, the deputies will gather again in the free hall and among the law projects that will be looked at again today, this street licensing concerns many areas of business. business. this draft law is awaiting, as well as on traffic laws. well, this applies to everyone, both drivers and pedestrians. so

let's listen, we continue to work. colleagues here in the oval hall. thank you svetlana lukinyuk about the opening of the final very important session of the house of representatives of the current convocation economic growth rates have accelerated in belarus. this confirms specific figures for 8 months of the year, gdp amounted to 103.1%. this is even higher than the forecast of the ministry of economy. today i commented on the main trends of systematic growth. august continues to add another 0.2% in the growth zone of more than 80% of the entire economy. in the green zone, the main activities are except agriculture. this is natural and is explained by the fact that the factor that accelerated the pace of harvesting ceased to operate. explain to the government. main the drivers of gdp acceleration remained traditional. three drivers are the construction and retail trade industry and

trade in general, if we talk about industry, then if the leaders have remained unchanged for several months , mechanical engineering, machine tool building , oil refining, chemical industry. these are the drivers in the industry, if we talk about construction, construction is gaining momentum every month, and we can already see that if the total added value of construction is 104.5%, this is mainly adds construction, installation work and