signed at the forum of regions in belarus and russia in ufa following the meeting, which was held under the leadership of the speaker in the council of the republic of the federation council adopted final documents. they set a course for further cooperation technological sovereignty creation of new industries forum of regions maintains the status of one of the most important allied projects unique in form and content; its scale is growing, as is the number of agreements. on the sidelines of this forum, we have concluded 26 commercial e-contracts worth almost one and a half billion russian rubles, so , of course, they will not be executed simultaneously, but in the course of a year , two or three, but the amount. i think it's already impressive, and our trade turnover is increasing by a third every year. here are the last 2 years, so two turnovers already almost 5 billion dollars last year was 4.8. and in this we think that we will step over with confidence, i say that we will step over 5 billion. belarus will host the next eleventh meeting of the forum of regions , the meeting will be held in vitebsk, preparations have already begun. after all, this is a big and important

signed at the forum of regions in belarus and russia in ufa following the meeting , which was held under the leadership of the speakers of the council of the republic and the council of the federation , final documents were adopted; the most important allied projects unique in form and content, its scale is growing, as well as the number of agreements over the 3 days of the forum , many meetings were held and contacts were made at the grand plenary session. results of the forum. in this area, the expert has reached an agreement and a project is underway to manufacture self-propelled sprayers, uh, based on the belarusian chassis, but using equipment and a control system. eh, we don't have a shortage of contacts in novosibirsk, and we ourselves regularly exchange delegations. here is a delegation , a large delegation from the novosibirsk region will fly to minsk in the fall yes, but i can demonstrate it nonetheless. e that this movement is not separate e subjects. this is really a rapprochement between two peoples, two countries. eh, this is very important. we are in the fields. at this forum, 26 commercial power contracts were concluded for the amount of almost one and a half billio

the countries. this year the forum in ufa brought together over a thousand participants, more than 100 agreements and commercial contracts have already been signed. and in more detail, the speakers of the council of the republic and the federation council met with the heads of the russian and belarusian regions before the plenary session. natalia kochanova. she noted that the trade turnover between the regions is growing every year. over the past year , 9 new joint ventures have been created in the volume of direct russian investments in the belarusian economy has increased one and a half times , targeted work is underway on new projects from mechanical engineering to the humanitarian sphere, special attention is being paid to union programs. only in january may 2023, within the framework of interregional cooperation, more than 100 mutual visits of official delegations took place, exactly the same number of about 100 business circles of the belarusian regions to the russian federation and russian business circles to our belarus for 4 months of this year , the trade turnover amounted to about 17 billion dollars. i think this bar will be exceeded by last year's neses. as a result of the meeting, new agreements were signed between the sci

the creation of platforms. and even the forum it will take place. you are right, dear ones. uh, the councils of the republic and council of the federationear, we replenish the treasury of agreements, er, with russian regions. and so, if we talk in the past. we signed an agreement between the minsk regional council of deputies with the state council of tatarstan and also with the murmansk regional duma this year. i already have a signing scheduled. here on the site of the forum e with the belgorod region. by the way, the belgorod region, the stavropol territory came out with such an initiative, that is , the parliamentarians, too, as it were, so we determine the vectors for the real sector of the economy and we create all possible platforms and conditions for small and medium-sized businesses. well, how are we going to surprise our uh, neighbors of russians, brothers this time on the forum, you can give some specific examples in what areas we can give shape, probably, it is important here to talk about what, uh, how to give a head start, maybe there is no need to be, because uh, we need to complement each other. we must now let's say, if

the purpose of which is to maximize the effectiveness of interaction, and in the results of the negotiations of the cooperation group of the council. the federation of the islamic council of the islamic republic told us its head senator dmitry vasilenko russian-iranian relations are developing at all levels and in all directions, and relations between parliaments are actively promoted in the russian group for cooperation of federation councils with the assembly of the islamic council , 15 senators work. they serve on various committees. and this is a clear evidence of our sincere interest in strengthening partnership with iranian friends, the parliamentary delegation of iran was headed by the first deputy representative of the commission on agriculture, water and natural resources meetings of the islamic council. iran's gentleman was attended by representatives of the iranian parliament's commission on social economics, industry and mines the main price of the conversation. was made on the development of trade and industrial relations between our countries, commodity transport flows. you know that the most important international transport corridor of the north and south passes through the ra

the capital of bashkortostan, the tenth anniversary forum of the regions will start. uh, the organizers of the forum are traditionally the council of the republic of the national assembly and the federation councilderal assembly of russia tell us in more detail what kind of event this is. moreover, you will have it, uh, the fifth anniversary in a row. yes, you know such a very important international event , an international event is important for us. and this is indeed the tenth anniversary forum of the russian regions of belarus in the village. at first i participated in such forums, of course, i already have experience, but this time i will also be a moderator. i will lead the section of cooperation between the regions of russian cities in belarus, therefore, of course, it is a very big responsibility for me, because the broadest representation from the russian regions. and so, of course, i would like to represent our country very worthily. uh, the topic is very interesting and very extensive, because it affects economic processes, political social cultural ties and sports. and i hope here to discuss all these issues, but the most important thing is today we must discuss the fact that between

signed at the forum of regions in belarus and russia in ufa following the meeting, which was held under the leadership of the speakers of the council of the republic and the federation councilfinal documents were adopted. they set a course for further cooperation technological sovereignty creation of new productions the forum of regions retains the status of one of the most important allied projects unique in form and content; its scale is growing, as is the number of agreements. on the sidelines of this forum, we have concluded 26 commercial e-contracts worth almost one and a half billion russian rubles, so they, of course, will not be executed simultaneously, but within a year of two or three, but the amount. i think it's impressive. and our trade turnover is increasing by a third every year. here are the last 2 years. so two turnovers are almost $5 billion in the past the year was four and eight, and in this we think that we will step over with confidence i say that we will step over 5 ml. frontier the next eleventh meeting of the forum of regions will be hosted by belarus, the meeting will be held in vitebsk, preparations have already begun. after all, this is a big and

the chairman of the council republic of the national assembly and the republic of belarus natalia kochanova supported valentina matvienko in general. as noted by the chairman of the federation councilooperation between our countries is reaching a qualitatively new level. together we defend our right to independent development, we are more confident for a safe and prosperous future for the citizens of our countries, and the total military-political pressure in the economic in the information field that our opponents exert on russia and belarus only makes us stronger, and our age-old brotherhood even more stronger. today, our countries have reached a truly unprecedented and, as the president of russia noted, an exemplary level of strategic partnership. we have built a unique system of political, economic, business and humanitarian relations that has no analogues anywhere in the world. and i would like to especially emphasize the creative nature of our union. we are friends not against someone, but exclusively in the name of independence and the prosperity of our countries today the union state of belarus of russia is a real center of power that has to be reckoned with to everyone, ev

the heads of the federal republic of germany of france er, and which became part of the security council, it turns out that no one was going to execute, despite the fact that they were mandatory for execution, like security councilolutions, what do you think they will do with even if some assurances are given during such summit conferences and symposium. nothing, they just forget. they need to put a tick, and holding the next information and political event. we we call for responsibility and states that truly strive for peace. all the more so is the willingness to play a constructive role in the search for a policy of diplomatic settlement of the conflict. the west needs to feel its provocative presence at the summit in this undertaking only in order to create the appearance of broad support for its outcome. and this will just postpone the prospect of a peaceful settlement . kakhovskoy hpp when, as a result, as you remember, the destruction of the dam, there was an uncontrolled discharge of water from the kakhovka reservoir. downstream of the dnieper today it is known about 48 dead 126 people, hospitalized serious damage. ecology killed thousands, uh, animals in the lower neprovsky national park washed away, the

of interregional cooperation between russia and belarus and, of course , to determine the main goals of the task, vectors of development for the future, at the invitation of the federation council of the council of the republic take part in our work. more than a thousand representatives from fifty-eight constituent entities of the russian federation and all regions of the republic of belarus, the total number of participants involved in organizing the preparation of the forum is about 5,000. present in this hall are the parliamentarians of russia and belarus , heads of ministries and departments of our heads of the region representatives of business, science, culture and education a large united and close-knit team of the union state and , of course, the real captains of this team are the leaders of our countries vladimir vladimirovich putin and alexander grigorievich lukashenko thanks to the personal attention, which the forum of the region in russia and belarus won such a serious authority. and now it is already one of the key formats of union interaction. our colleagues have a very rich program, a rich agenda, which covers almost all spheres of cooperation between our countries and regions. i am sure that