Declaration on further unification of Russia and Belarus

of December 25, 1998

The process of comprehensive integration of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus which received powerful boost as a result of signing on April 2, 1997 of the Agreement on the Union of Belarus and Russia, steady promotion of two states on the way to voluntary consolidation rely on the strong base of community of destinies, historical roots and traditional friendship of fraternal peoples, continuity of their related bonds, spiritual and cultural proximity, coincidence of interests and close interaction in political, geostrategic, economic, humanitarian, defense areas, in consecutive carrying out the approved rate on strengthening of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The union of Belarus and Russia created according to will of their people proved the viability, in practice showed benefits of deep integration.

Citizens of two states thanks to removal of border and customs barriers, provision of the equal rights by it in the field of education, medical care, in questions of employment and compensation, acquisitions and uses of property shall not feel like more foreigners in the territory of each other.

The considerable surplus of mutual trade is provided, a number of large-scale joint programs and projects is performed that allows to keep and increase industrial and scientific and technical potential, to create new workplaces, more effectively to resolve social problems.

At the same time the analysis of development of integration processes in the Union shows that possibilities of consolidation of economic and spiritual capacity of our countries are used far not completely. Especially visually it was shown in the conditions of increase of the global and regional crisis phenomena in recent months.

Russia and Belarus did way from Community to the Union of two states. Realizing need of exit to new stage of integration, giving of new quality to process of unification, Presidents of Russia and Belarus declare determination to continue step-by-step movement to voluntary consolidation to the Union State when preserving national sovereignty of the State Parties of the Union. For this purpose Russia and Belarus performs the following joint steps.

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