Therefore, after the summit in Moscow, the dialogue continued today at the governmental level. Minsk is hosting the Union Council of Ministers.
The meeting itself passed dynamically. The Heads of Government arrived at the Zaslavl residence just after noon. Today is, in fact, the end of difficult negotiations, where each side has confirmed the readiness to work hard on forming a qualitatively new environment for big enterprises and for business. They are already working together.
Best practices for common legislation
This is the common goal of all 28 programs. There is great interest in a new round of relations between the two countries. It's a hot topic in the media right now. Yes, there is a lot of work to be done on the legislative framework. Best practices will be shared. And here everyone has something to share. For example, in the digitalization of tax processes, because today we need a common platform.
A level playing field for business
It is important to create a level playing field, not to remove the competing players from the market. And this applies not only to production, but to logistics. After all, it takes up the lion's share of production costs. Today, the overall economy is 2,400 joint ventures. And if we are to have a common space, then it is necessary to ensure the transparency of commodity and financial flows throughout the whole territory with a legal basis.
Common approaches
Common markets for raw materials. There is still a great deal of work to be done in macroeconomic policy, transport flows and directions, and the agricultural sector, to rule out unjustified closure of supplies of our products to the Russian market. After all, business entities need comfortable working conditions.
The governments of Belarus and Russia have agreed on all 28 union programs. Today the prime ministers have affixed their signatures to the basic areas of implementation of the documents up to the year 2023.
And all this will make the economies, and therefore the countries, stronger. And this is very important, especially today, when the world is highly turbulent and the countries are experiencing sanctions. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry called the approved union programs the best answer to the unfriendly attacks.












