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Poland is ready to advance the Belarusian agricultural products to the European Union, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Marek Sawicki stated at a meeting the Agriculture ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland with Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky on 6 March.

For the Customs Union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan to become a credible organization it is vitally important to fulfill all the agreements that were achieved as the Customs Union was conceived, said Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov at the CIS International Economic Forum in Moscow on 5 March.

A quadrilateral meeting of co-chairmen of the councils for long-term cooperation between bordering regions took place in Russian Kaliningrad on 3 March. Belarus Vice Premier Andrei Kobyakov, Poland Deputy Interior Minister Piotr Stachanczyk, Lithuania Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavicius, and Kaliningrad Oblast Governor Georgy Boos took part in the meeting.

Almost Br387 billion of Belarus’ budget was injected in the state integrated program on developing regions, small and medium-sized towns in 2009, Economy Minister of Belarus Nikolai Snopkov said at a session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers on 2 March.

Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky has presented state awards to distinguished citizens of Belarus. A total of 27 people were awarded the Medal for Labor Merits, the Medal for Distinguished Military Service, the Order of Fatherland Second Class and official letters of thanks of the President.

The Belarusian Government has approved the measures meant to improve the effectiveness of using fuel and energy resources till 2012. The decision is laid down by Council of Ministers resolution No 248.

This year Belarus will invest Br6.886-Br7.481 trillion in the modernization of the national energy grids, energy saving and promoting the use of local fuels. These measures are envisaged in the 2010 plan of action to the national comprehensive program to modernize key production assets of the Belarusian energy system, promote energy saving and increase the share of local fuels till 2011. The action plan was approved by Resolution No. 224 of the Council of Ministers.