On January 28, 2009, in Round hall of National Library of Belarus took place a joint sitting of boards of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
At the meeting the following documents were examined: projects of the development of economies of Russian and Belarus in 2009 – 2011; project of a joint program of the governments of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation of reduction of consequences of financial crisis, improvement of balance of payment characteristics and terms of business and mutual trade.