chairperson of the council of the republic of the national assembly of the republic of belarus natalya ivanovna kachanova chairperson of the council of the eurasian women's forum galina nikolaevna karelova. we would like to invite to the precedium, speaker of the federation council of the federal assembly of the russian federation, chairwoman of the council of the interparliamentary assembly of member nations of the commonwealth of independent states and chairwoman of the organizing committee of the fourth eurasian women's forum, valentina matvillenko. speaker of the council of the republic of the national assembly of the republic of belarus, natalia kochanova and chairwoman of the council of the eurasian women's forum galina. good afternoon, dear participants of the plenary session, please check your headphones, are they all working, that's okay, i sincerely welcome you all to st. petersburg, within the walls of the tauride palace, the traditional venue for the eurasian women's forum. it seems like only yesterday the work was completed. there are no borders, no barriers, no dividing lines. today, here,

vladimir borislovich, do you have such a phone, here's natalya ivanovna kachanova, she has one, and the minister of education has one telephone, the minister of education, every year in belarus is marked by a special super idea, this is about what we especially value, and so at the state level they make it clear that it is important, small homeland, historical memory, quality, what is worth dedicating 2025 to, the year of quality. this year of quality is passing, it does not sound, mass media, nor how we have it first of all, and if it does not sound, then the country does not live by it, and this is the most important question, there is no more important question for belarus, because everything that we ... produce, we live due to it, everything that we produce, the whole world produces, the whole world produces tractors, the whole world produces cars and no worse than us, the whole world produces agricultural machinery and so on, track fertilizers, oil products, oil refining, the whole world does all this, and how can we live then, we want to sell our own, and how can we sell it if it