Lukashenko: future of Belarusian and Russian peoples is determined today
The meeting of the presidents of Belarus and Russia in Minsk focused on strategic areas, primarily in the economic sphere. As is traditional, the heads of state paid much attention to the foreign policy agenda – as stated by Aleksandr Lukashenko during a meeting with journalists following the talks.
He noted, “Today, as always, the President of the Russian Federation and I held constructive and fruitful talks on the main issues of Belarusian-Russian co-operation... The outgoing year in the entire thirty-year post-Soviet history has indeed become a record one in the number and intensity of contacts across all levels.”
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted the objectivity of this state of affairs, “The situation in the world is rapidly changing, and these changes in depth and scale, without any exaggeration, are truly fateful. In fact, the future of the Belarusian and Russian peoples is being determined. The reality is this, and there is not a drop of pathos. Today we can unequivocally state that together we were able to survive and to find opportunities for the development of our economies.”
