Supreme State Council of Union State begins its work

Leaders of Belarus and Russia will meet in the Palace of Independence. It is expected that the plane of the Russian President will land at the National Airport Minsk in the afternoon. For Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin this will be the third meeting in less than 2 weeks after talking on the margins of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and at the opening of the World Cup.

This is the 22nd visit of Vladimir Putin to Minsk. The main and most advanced post-Soviet integration is the Union State.

Grigory Rapota, State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia: "There are a number of unresolved issues, mainly due to certain legal issues, the solution of which would create equal competitive conditions."

The overall level of economic integration has gradually grown up. Since the creation of the Union State, three million jobs have been created through this unity! Last year the trade between Belarus and Russia grew by 23 and a half percent, now it is over 32 billion dollars.

The potential, of course, is much higher. Experts already make predictions about a record of 40 billions.