Head of Russia’s State Duma Volodin arrived in Minsk to participate in session of Parliamentary Assembly of Belarus and Russia

A delegation of Russian parliamentarians has arrived at Minsk National Airport to participate in the 66th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia

Photo by press service of Belarus’ House of Representatives

Vyacheslav Volodin, the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, has been met at the airport by Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Igor Sergeyenko and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Boris Gryzlov.

The agenda of the meeting includes consideration of the draft Decree of the Supreme State Council of the Union State On Amendments and Additions to the Decree of the Supreme State Council of the Union State On the Union State Budget for 2023 and approval of the report of the Council of Ministers of the Union State on the execution of the Union State budget for 2023.

Organisational issues will also be considered by the parties since new delegates of Belarus’ National Assembly have joined the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. The first deputy and deputy chairmen of the Parliamentary Assembly will be elected, and the chairmen of the commissions of the Parliamentary Assembly from the Republic of Belarus will be approved.