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Alexei Lopatin said that Belarusian and Russian research institutions are now working on over 100 projects and agreements under the general supervision of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Informal contacts between Belarusian and Russian scientists have been established as well. New scientific personnel are invited to take part in the process: the first meeting of young Belarusian and Russian scientists will take place in Minsk in early December.

Alexei Lopatin said: “It is obvious for scientists of Belarus and Russia that we live in the common scientific space. It applies to the commonality of problems and the commonality of scientific development vectors.”

The expert and media forum and seminar on new ideas and people with regard to development vectors of the scientific environment in the Union State of Belarus and Russia is scheduled to take place in Moscow on 24-25 November. The purpose of the event is to discuss the most topical matters in scientific cooperation between Belarus and Russia and to draw attention to the information component in developing Belarusian and Russian science.

Taking part in the forum were State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Grigory Rapota, Consul Ambassador of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia Pavel Legky, and Chief of Staff of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Piotr Vityaz. Apart from that, the forum gathered representatives of the Permanent Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, the relevant ministries and government agencies of Belarus and Russia, top scientific and education institutions of the two countries, the people in charge of supervising Union State programs and projects, heads of mass media, and public figures.

A presentation of Union State projects, which are created on the basis of high technologies, research products of Belarusian and Russian scientists in the area of space healthcare, new-generation medications, also took place as part of the forum.