BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

19/10/2007

Russia-Belarus Union State budget to grow by 10% in 2008

MINSK, October 19 (Itar-Tass) -- The budget of the Union State of Russia and Belarus will grow by ten percent next year, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said on Friday.

"Our budget will grow by no less than ten percent next year, and that growth will provide for worthy funding of our common projects," he said.

"Twelve joint programs have been planned for next year," Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said.

Zubkov lauded the mounting bilateral trade and said, "The economic cooperation is a key area of the Union State."

"The growing trade has a positive effect on the quality of the bilateral relations and promotes other spheres of integration," he said.

The Union State Council of Ministers is rather useful, Zubkov said. "Regular meetings help us resolve pressing problems and monitor the fulfillment of our decisions," he said.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11987393&PageNum=0

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