Unification of Russia, Belarus to raise standard of living - Putin
24.01.2006, 19.42
ST PETERSBURG, January 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is confident that the unification of Russia and Belarus will raise the standard of living of citizens.
"Over the past few years, we've done much to select the optimal model of union construction," which takes into account similar trends and the specifics of national development, while working toward the main objective: the pooling of the potentials of the two countries, Putin said at the session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State on Tuesday.
The citizens of the two countries await consistent progress in Russian-Belarus integration, and practical decisions strengthening its basis and raising the standard of living in both countries," the Russian president said.
"We are facing serious and painstaking work to meet their expectations," he underlined.
"The issues of ensuring equitable rights of Russian and Belarussian citizens have been and remain in the focus of our attention," he noted. http://itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2857617&PageNum=0
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