On November 18, Moscow / Eduard Pivovar - BELTA /. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev thanked Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for his persistence in integration issues. According to him, the position of the head of the Belarusian state had a great influence on the course and results of the negotiations between the Presidents of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan held today in Moscow, BELTA correspondent reports. Dmitry Medvedev said that the idea to sign documents on deepening Eurasian integration at a special meeting belongs specifically to the President of Belarus. In addition, the Belarusian leader proposed to hold this meeting earlier, and not as originally planned in December, to accelerate the start of work on the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union. The President of Russia emphasized that today's meeting of the three presidents is of a historical nature, which will determine the future of the three countries. "This is the most important event that we have been striving for so long," said Dmitry Medvedev. -0-

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