Alexander Lukashenko and head of Russia Space Agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin discussed implementation of joint projects in the space area. According to the President, Belarus and Russia have laid a good foundation to cooperation in the field. The joint agency for space research of the Academies of sciences of Belarus and Russia has been working for 5 years already. The Belarusian space remote Earth-probing system was created. It has already yielded $80 million of profit. The Head of state proposed to examine various avenues of bilateral cooperation, including in the context of national programs. At the meeting, head of Roscosmos presented a souvenir – a cosmonaut's glove – to A.Lukashenko.