A meeting of the Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly on Social Policy, Science, Culture and Humanitarian Issues will be held today in Vitebsk, BELTA was informed by the Public Relations and Mass Media Interaction Department of the Parliamentary Assembly.

A meeting of the Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly on Social Policy, Science, Culture and Humanitarian Issues will be held today in Vitebsk, BELTA was informed by the Public Relations and Mass Media Interaction Department of the Parliamentary Assembly.

Deputies will discuss priority areas and immediate tasks for the further development of the Union State for 2018-2022 in forming a common cultural and information space, will study the problems and prospects of activities to expand Belarusian-Russian cooperation in the field of culture, and will consider plans for the development and implementation of projects, programs and events of a socio-cultural nature in the Union State.

Representatives of the Standing Committee of the Union State, the ministries of culture of the two countries, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, the Ministry of Education of Belarus, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, heads of cultural institutions and organizers of festival events will take part in the commission's work.

Participants will be presented with the experience of the regional executive committee in developing interregional cultural ties and contacts with the regions of Russia. Deputies will meet with the regional leadership and visit museums and other cultural institutions.

News of Belarus (BELTA)