(AGENPARL) – MOSCOW gio 20 aprile 2023

The agenda included municipal service’s
human resources potential, the spatial development of municipal entities and the specifics of local self-governments’ work in the integrated public authority
system.

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Speech at a meeting of the Council for Local
Self-Government Development

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues,

We are holding a meeting of our
Council on the eve of Local Self-Government Day. I congratulate you on this
holiday, and, of course, I congratulate all employees working in municipal
entities of our huge country, in cities, districts, areas and communities.

As they say in such cases, it is
impossible to overstate the significance of your work because you are closer to the people than anyone else. In effect, they see you as key representatives of the entire public authority system. People turn to you with their needs and problems before anyone else. They expect you to quickly resolve these issues
and to show an attentive and friendly attitude towards their initiatives and requests.

I understand that you face many challenges
in your work, and that the required financial resources are not always
available. However, when concerned, dedicated, energetic, honest and decent
people work at municipal entities, when they show sincere concern for the people, it becomes possible to effectively resolve problems that arise there.

This approach to work is
particularly important in the context of supporting the families of service
personnel involved in the special military operation. Municipal entities and their employees have a special role to play here. It is necessary to know the needs and requirements of each such family, and I would like to emphasise this
aspect. It is important to provide them with real assistance, so that our
soldiers do not worry about their children, wives and parents.

All regions set up municipal
headquarters during the nationwide mutual assistance campaign We are Together.
They facilitate cooperation between local government agencies and volunteer
organisations that make a major contribution to supporting service personnel and their families. I would like to thank all those who have become actively
involved in this work.

I also know that there are many
volunteers among the municipal community; these people have decided to go where
the situation is the most difficult. They have shown an example of devotion to the Motherland and its interests, and they are now defending our historical
territories, people, the residents of these territories who had fought for many
years (I would like to emphasise this) for the right to be together with Russia
and to be part of our common world.

For many years, they lived in conditions that differed completely from those in Russia in terms of regional
and municipal administration. You should therefore provide all the required
assistance to your colleagues in a warm-hearted and caring manner, while
integrating the new regions into the single public authority system of Russia.

To be
continued.

Fonte/Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70959