Ambassador: Most of 28 Union State programs should be finalized by 1 July 2022
udf.byWork on the 28 Union State programs, approved by the presidents of Belarus and Russia last year, is in full swing. Most of them should be finalized by 1 July 2022, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko told the media after a ceremony to lay a wreath from the Embassy of Belarus at the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on 6 May, BelTA has learned. The ambassador recalled that the heads of state also approved the program for further implementation of the Union State Treaty through 2024. “We have three years to develop the material basis of the Union State.
We have already done a lot to address social issues. We have no borders. We have a common international and defense policy. As for the economic base, it has not taken shape yet,” he said. “The common economic base of the Union State will be developed through the implementation of 28 Union State programs, which involve the creation of common markets of gas, oil, and transport, the unification of financial, tax and customs sectors and so on,” said Vladimir Semashko. “The work is in full swing.