BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

12/12/2006

Session of Parliament Union of Belarus and Russia opens

MOSCOW, December 12 (Itar-Tass) - The 31st session of the Parliamentary Union of Belarus and Russia has opened in the State Duma building on Tuesday.

As co-chairman of the Parliamentary Union, State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said, the session will focus on consideration and approval of the draft budget of the Union State. "This is a great achievement that the draft budget was submitted in the current year already," he said at the session opening.

Besides, deputies of the union parliament are to consider the resolution of the Audit Chamber and the Supreme State Council.

Source:

http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11075204&PageNum=0