Russia and Belarus are together. This was highlighted to journalists by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Minsk, Dmitry Mezentsev, today, in response to a question from a BELTA correspondent, following a meeting with the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.
Russia and Belarus are together. This was highlighted to journalists by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Minsk, Dmitry Mezentsev, today, in response to a question from a BELTA correspondent, following a meeting with the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. following a meeting with the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.
The diplomat described the recent negotiations in Minsk between the heads of government of the two countries, Roman Golovchenko and Mikhail Mishustin, and members of the government, as very successful. "This is a confirmation of the vast scope of bilateral economic relations. It once again says that Russia and Belarus are together," stated the Russian ambassador.
"We are looking forward to a meeting between the heads of the two states, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, in the near future, which will also confirm the practice of relations that we very much want to believe is shared by millions of people," emphasized the diplomat.
Dmitry Mezentsev also stated: "Never in Russia, at any level – at the level of ordinary people not involved in the political process, at the regional or federal level – has anyone expressed any attitude towards the people of Belarus other than as brothers, or towards Belarus other than as a brotherly country. It has been, it is, and it will be so."