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Lukashenko and Putin meet in Sochi
The Belarusian president thanked the Russian for his support after the elections, noting that Minsk and Moscow “have passed the lesson.”
Events in Belarus have shown that “we have to be closer to our older brother,” Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday, September 14.
According to him, the events in Belarus are a very serious lesson, which both Moscow and Minsk have passed.
“The economy is at the heart of everything. And we have always adhered to this line. And these events have shown that we need to be closer to our brother,” he said.
Lukashenko noted that Russia and Belarus should plan joint military exercises in the coming years.
The President of Belarus thanked Putin for his support after the elections.
“First of all I want to thank you – this is natural, everyone understands it perfectly, – to thank you not for the fact that we are complying with the agreements, it is natural. They acted very decent, humanly, so I personally thank you and all Russians, all those who were involved in supporting us in this post-election time, “he said.
Lukashenka also thanked Putin for “showing that the borders of Belarus are the borders of the State of the Union.”
In addition, Lukashenko welcomed the supply of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus.
In turn, Putin said that Belarusians themselves should fix the situation that has arisen in their country. “We are in favor of the Belarusians themselves, without impulses or pressure from abroad, in a calm way and in dialogue to understand this situation and reach a common solution,” he said.
Furthermore, Putin considers Lukashenka’s proposal to amend the Constitution of Belarus logical, timely and timely.
The Russian president noted that after the joint exercises in Belarus, the units of the RF Armed Forces will return to their places of permanent deployment.
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