Belarus and Russia summing up talks in Moscow

During the entire week our President's schedule was dedicated to Belarusian-Russian cooperation: from interregional cooperation to security issues. The Governor of Kaluga Region and the director of Russian foreign intelligence service visited Belarus.

On Wednesday, head of the Belarusian state went on a working visit to Moscow, where he had talks with the President of Russia. And the next day there was a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State.

All the attention, of course, was focused on the meeting of the leaders. Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks for over six hours, ending early in the morning. As noted the President of Belarus, most of the questions were confidential.

On the first day there was an impression that the Russian journalists were somehow disappointed. The presidents talked about import substitution, union programs, our sanctions response, the Supreme State Council. That is, no sensations. There was a feeling that everybody was concerned only about nuclear weapons in the territory of Belarus. And while waiting for the presidents, questions in this respect were asked even to the people whose competence does not include this question at all.

Belarusian journalists have no questions about this - all the answers are in the recent presidential address to the nation and the parliament, which Putin said he also watched.

On the next day a session of the Supreme State Council was held. To the delight of the media, Alexander Lukashenko himself partially revealed what he and Putin had talked about the day before. Belarusian leader called the talks fundamental and productive. Their topics were briefly outlined: security, development of the military-industrial complex, and defense issues of the Union State. There was agreement on more than a dozen issues. The Belarusian head of state said that we would hear and see everything in the near future. Despite the closed nature of the issues, many facts become known to the public. An example is the sabotage in Machulishchi.