BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

27/05/2008

Putin becomes chairman of Russia-Belarus Council of Ministers

MINSK, May 27 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been appointed as the Chairman of the Russia-Belarus Union State's Council of Ministers.

Chairman of the Union State's Supreme Council and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a resolution to that effect on Tuesday.

Union State Secretary Pavel Borodin told the Belarusian news agency Belta that the appointment had been coordinated with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12721017&PageNum=0

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