80th Joint Board of the Union State Committee on Hydrometeorology and Environmental Pollution Monitoring was held in Vitebsk

This year, the board was dedicated to the 80^th anniversary of the Victory. The participants paid tribute to the memory of the victims by laying wreaths at the memorial complex in honor of Soviet soldiers, partisans and underground fighters of the region. The meeting discussed key issues of bilateral cooperation: strengthening cooperation between the hydrometeorological services, modernizing the radiation monitoring system, and creating a joint testing ground for equipment. Over the decades, a unified service with common standards and data exchange has been created. The tasks for the future are to improve forecasts and retrofit weather stations.