23 June 2004
Lukashenko to speak at Belarusian-Russian Parliamentary Assembly's session in Brest on June 25
Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to make a speech at a session of the Belarusian-Russian Parliamentary Assembly that will be held in Brest on June 25, Natalya Petkevich, the Belarusian leader's press secretary, told BelaPAN.
According to the press office of the Parliamentary Assembly, the session will focus on the progress under a joint action program toward implementation of the Belarusian-Russian Treaty on the Formation
of the Union State, and measures to increase the efficiency of efforts to build the Union State. In addition, the gathering is to adopt changes in the Assembly and its standing committees. The Assembly also will consider changes and additions to procedures for building up and
implementing the Union State's budget and hear a report from the Union State's Council of Ministers on the implementation of the 2002 Union State budget.
The Assembly is to adopt a statement on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi occupation.
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