BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

21/03/2008

Russia and Belarus planning further integration

RBC, 21.03.2008, Minsk 17:38:27.Russia-Belarus integration is expected to enable the two economies to avert a crisis amid global financial instability, Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said during today's meeting with his Russian counterpart Viktor Zubkov in Minsk. Sidorsky noted that the two countries had recently managed to improve their relations within the CIS and the Union State.

In turn, Viktor Zubkov stated that the work of the two countries' authorities on promoting integration was efficient. The PM reiterated that he had discussed a large number of issues with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko earlier today and that the talks had been quite successful.

Source:

http://www.rbcnews.com/free/20080321173827.shtml

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