It is necessary to develop technological partnerships with friendly foreign companies more dynamically.We need to focus in particular on reverse engineering programmes that can adapt and make effective use of foreign technology.It is necessary to expand financial preferences, including introducing tax incentives for buyers of Russian high-tech equipment.
It is important to integrate the historically Russian lands of Donbass and Novorossiya into the economic, legal and education systems of our country as soon as possible.Law enforcement and security services must make every effort to ensure the security of the local population.Creating territorial units of law enforcement agencies and security services in the new constituent entities must be completed by June 1; subsequently, providing them with cutting-edge equipment, weapons and telecommunications must be a priority.It is important to more actively engage local residents in protecting public order and immediately react to reports from the public and to improve communications.The absolute majority of citizens in the new regions have made a conscious historical choice. They must know, see and feel that they are backed by a big country, and we will do everything to protect them.Russia is firmly the largest trade and economic partner of Belarus. In 2022, trade between the two countries reached a record $45 billion.There is great progress in the unification of trade legislation; the Interstate Customs Centre has been launched to prevent illegal export-import operations.The formation of a unified industrial policy is in full swing.The process of uniting the oil and gas markets is underway; a single electricity market is next in line.Cooperation in defence, security and military-technical cooperation is growing.The meeting covered the issue of drafting the Union State Security Concept, which will define the fundamental tasks of interaction amid tension on external borders, sanctions and the information war. In addition, the intention to extend several previous security agreements was confirmed.The humanitarian agenda included providing assistance to students and educational institutions of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People's Republic.
President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan with the Armenian side initiating the conversationThe parties continued their discussion on various aspects of the current situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. In this context, they reaffirmed the importance of the consistent implementation of the fundamental agreements reached by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020-2022, including those related to ensuring security and stability on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, restoring economic and transport ties in the South Caucasus, and laying the groundwork for a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan.Vladimir Putin and Nikol Pashinyan also touched upon several key topics of bilateral relations.
