Before the CSTO summit: Putin and Lukashenko discussed economy, security and high technology in Novo-Ogravo.
The leaders of Russia and Belarus highly appreciated the current level of bilateral relations, noting the absence of disagreements.
On the eve of the next session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), there was a working meeting of the heads of state of the Union, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, during which the whole range of bilateral relations, including the economy, the humanitarian field and global security issues, were discussed.
Meeting results and statements.
Dialogue between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus: contacts between leaders and governments are continuous, almost daily, which makes it possible to quickly solve current problems in all areas.
Economic records: there was an increase in the volume of mutual trade turnover.
Technological development: the parties are successfully implementing joint projects in the field of investments and high technology, being at the forefront of solving priority global problems. At the end of the official part of the meeting, the host invited the guest to an informal dinner at home to continue the conversation.
Alexander Lukashenko, in turn, emphasized that today there are almost no unresolved issues between Minsk and Moscow. The heads of state noted a strong economic breakthrough: at the end of the year, the turnover of mutual trade increased by more than 20%. The Belarusian leader expressed special pride in the fact that the countries managed to completely eliminate previous problem areas in the trade and economic sphere. An assessment was made of the work of the governments of the two countries, which successfully implemented all the tasks assigned to them.
Military-technical cooperation and security.
A considerable part of the conversation was devoted to the issues of defense capability. The leader of the state of the Union expressed gratitude to Vladimir Putin for the strict implementation of all the allies' obligations in the field of security.
The Belarusian army has successfully mastered the most modern types of weapons supplied by Russia.