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    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    March 10, 2004 Wednesday

    Zhukov to report on government structural reform

    By Oksana Polishchuk, Natalya Slavina

    MOSCOW

    Russian Vice-Premier Alexander Zhukov will report on structural
    changes in the federal bodies of executive power at the first cabinet
    meeting on Thursday, March 11, the government information department
    reports.

    Russian Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Chekalin will report on
    the possibility of extending the Russian-Armenian inter-governmental
    agreement on regulation of voluntary resettlement.

    Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Valery Loshchinin will submit
    his proposals on ratification by the State Duma of an agreement
    signed by the Russian and Ukrainian governments that provides for
    settling all claims concerning an air crash that occurred over the
    Black Sea on October 4, 2001.

    The cabinet will also discuss the presentation of state housing
    certificates to the Ingush government. Ruslan Tsalikov, the deputy
    head of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, will report on
    this subject.

    However, Russia's new Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said that the
    cabinet would focus on implementation of the presidential decree on
    forming a new government line-up at its meeting on Thursday.

    "This will actually be the sole issue that we intend to discuss with
    the new government at tomorrow's cabinet meeting," Russian Prime
    Minister Mikhail Fradkov told a news conference on Wednesday.

    The Prime-Tass economic and financial news agency cited the prime
    minister as saying that he was continuously studying the issue and
    discussed the matter with Russian President Vladimir Putin every day.

    Fradkov emphasized that the process of forming a new government
    marked the beginning of an administrative reform. He called for the
    earliest solution of all organizational issues in order to preserve a
    workable government and not to disrupt the budget process.

    Fradkov reiterated once again that the idea of an administrative
    reform should be regarded as part of efforts to make Russia more
    competitive and ensure that prompt and needed decisions are passed.
    Bureaucrats should model their actions according to a single concept
    so as to avoid the duplication of functions and to single out
    responsible bosses.

    At the same time, Fradkov warned about the possibility of
    inaccuracies in carrying out the government reform. "We are going to
    remove these inaccuracies. The logic of this reform allows for
    clarification as we proceed with the process," Fradkov stressed.

    The prime minister also promised to be open with the press.

    Fradkov admitted at a news conference held at the Russian government
    building on Wednesday that he never did that because he hadn't faced
    such a task before.

    At the same time, Fradkov emphasized that the process of creating a
    new government structure was, among many other things, aimed at
    making it more open and transparent.

    "It will make it possible to define the responsibilities of each
    leader and to enable them to develop creative approach to their work.
    We favour an open approach," the Russian prime minister stressed.

    Fradkov believes that society needed such actions for tracking down
    the efficiency of government bureaucrats.
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