“Self -proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko plans to come to Russia in the first decade of September with a “working visit”.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Russian President Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov, Interfax and RIA Novosti
Details: Negotiations of Putin and Lukashenko will be held on September 9 in Moscow.
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Peskov reported that in the morning of August 30, Putin called Lukashenko and greeted him on his birthday.
They also discussed current issues on the eve of Lukashenko’s visit to Russia.
According to the Kremlin press service, Putin and Lukashenko touched on “some issues of bilateral cooperation and future contacts in various formats.”
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Putin’s welcoming telegram says “Belarusian friends can always count on Russia’s support.”
In Moscow, they said that Lukashenko’s efforts to strengthen allied relations between the two countries and “promote mutually beneficial integration processes in the Eurasian space” are highly appreciated.
After a telephone conversation, Lukashenko also said that Putin for half an hour “as his closest friend told about the situation in Afghanistan.”
According to Lukashenko, his proposal is discussed to conduct the consultations of the CCI and the HSO on the situation around Afghanistan. These sums will be held in mid -September in Dushanbe.
Prehistory:
- On May 28 and 29, Alexander Lukashenko met with Vladimir Putin in Sochi. They discussed a tranche for Belarus, a scandal over the planting of Ryanair and the assistance of Russia in the return of Belarusians from Europe that was stuck in EU countries through a airline stop. Lukashenko took with him at a meeting of his son Nicholas.
- On July 13, Putin met with Lukashenko in St. Petersburg. Then they agreed on the price of gas for Belarus and the volume of credit support of Minsk.
- On August 23, Lukashenko and Putin discussed the “economic component of the relationship between the two countries”, as well as military cooperation and situation at the borders of Belarus with NATO countries.