head of the representative office of the standing committee union state in the city of minsk, igor nazaruk, deputy. minister of foreign affairs, yuri zolotarev, trade representative 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 25th time, a quarter of a century, dear experts, what is this holiday for you, what is it? means. indeed, here it is april 2 in 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 with russia, and already in december 1999 , an agreement on the creation of a union state, and this year we will celebrate 25 years from the date of signing of this agreement . a lot has been done during this time. industry, the agricultural sector, science, and education, no matter what we have achieved in any area, very gr