Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Karnik met with the delegation of the Standing Committee of the State of the Union, headed by Secretary of State Sergey Glazeyev. The main topic of the negotiations is the development of scientific and technical cooperation between the two countries. The parties discussed joint work on the plans of the State of the Union and identified preferred areas of interaction: mechanical engineering, new materials, microelectronics, as well as health and medical services. A separate topic on the agenda was the Union State Prize in the field of science and technology: the participants of the meeting discussed in detail the issues of their awarding.