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Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Zhukov talked about the strategy for developing the transport system.

Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref reported on measures to restrict the sale of land allocated for infrastructure installations, and on the growth rate of industrial production at the beginning of the year.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reported on work to implement decisions taken at the summit in Kazan, first and foremost in the humanitarian sphere.

Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov talked about how consultations are proceeding among the health ministers of CIS countries and on the preparation undertaken by G8 health ministers for a joint declaration on the struggle against infectious diseases.

The Minister also talked about measures to strengthen controls on the quality of alcohol products, including those of foreign origin.

First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitrii Medvedev informed on his forthcoming trip to Novosibirsk.

Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov reported on transferring a Russian aviation group to the Republic of Sudan to participate in a UN peacekeeping operation and on the forthcoming collegium between the ministries of Defense of Russia and Belarus.