MOSCOW, September 6 (RIA Novosti) - The budget of the Russia-Belarus union state could amount to $109.97 million in 2006, a Russian government official said Tuesday.

According to the official, the budget will come under consideration at a session of the Council of Ministers of the union state in Minsk. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and his Belarusian counterpart Sergei Sidorsky are scheduled to attend.

The agenda of the session will feature 27 issues, three of which entail the budget. The union state's Parliamentary Assembly will report on 2003 spending, the preparation of the report on 2004 expenditures and touch on major parameters for the 2006 budget.

The 2006 budget will be 10% larger than that of 2005, the official said. (more)