President of Russia
  • Events
  • Structure
  • Videos and Photos
  • Documents
  • Contacts
  • Search
  • Search this website
President of Russia
Mobile version

President's
website
sections

  • Events
  • Structure
  • Videos and Photos
  • Documents
  • Contacts
  • Search
  • Search
  • For the Media
  • Subscribe
  • Directory
  • Version for People with Disabilities
  • YouTube Channel
  • Русский

President's
website
resources

  • President of RussiaCurrent resource
  • The Constitution of Russia
  • State Insignia
  • Send a Letter
  • Vladimir Putin’s Personal Website

Special
animal welfare
projects

  • Amur tiger
  • Beluga whale
  • Polar bear
  • Snow leopard
  • Far Eastern leopard

Legal
and technical
information

  • About website
  • Using website content
  • Personal data of website users
  • Contact website team

All content on this site is licensed under

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Presidential Executive Office2023
Events

Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko

In the course of his working visit to the Republic of Belarus, Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to discuss prospects for developing relations between the two countries and pressing matters on the international agenda.

February 25, 2016
15:50
Minsk
At informal meeting. With President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Before a meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
With President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
At a meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

Later today, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko Lukashenko Alexander Lukashenko AlexanderPresident of Belarus will take part in a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus.

* * *

Beginning of meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko: Mr Putin, Mr Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , friends,

As per tradition, I would like to welcome you to Belarus, which is not a foreign state for you. Frankly speaking, I have been truly looking forward to this visit. Mr Putin has always told me that if the President leaves, the Prime Minister stays behind to keep an eye on things; and if Mr Medvedev has to leave, the President remains in Moscow. However today you are both in Minsk and I am grateful to you for this.

I have just told Mr President that we had agreed to prepare this meeting of the Supreme State Council properly and we did everything necessary at the preparatory stage. Mr Putin and I had three telephone conversations to discuss different matters, and we met twice, our latest meeting being in Sochi. Our Prime Ministers were in constant contact and I informed you about it.

We have carefully studied all the issues and prepared everything, and generally, this meeting of the Supreme State Council is the culmination of our efforts. It will be quick and efficient because we have gone through all the issues in detail.

Thank you for your help and support. We have a number of matters of an informational nature – Mr President and I have also touched upon them just now, and Mr Putin promised to tell me about some things because we need to be aware of certain international issues. In a word, we are prepared for the Supreme State Council.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Lukashenko, colleagues, friends, we are very happy to be here in Belarus. It is true that our teams have done excellent work.

We know the world we are living in, what is going on in the global economy and in ours as well. Quite a few issues require our attention at the highest level. However, I would like to note that overall, none of the processes that started 20 years ago, I mean the launch of the Union State, have lost their value. On the contrary, this integrational project is developing successfully and is undoubtedly becoming a driver of integration on the entire post-Soviet space.

Mr Lukashenko, you were there at the very start of this process. I would like to thank you for this, because it was thanks to you and Boris Yeltsin Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin Boris that the process was launched, and, I repeat, we are now able to make new steps in developing our special relationship. I am certain that our work today will serve as an impetus for this positive process that is of such importance for our countries and peoples.

<…>

Geography

  • Belarus

Topics

  • Foreign policy

Persons

  • Lukashenko Alexander

Publication status

Published in sections: News, Transcripts

Publication date: February 25, 2016, 15:50

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/51389

Text version

Text
6
Photo

Share
Direct link
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/51389
Share
  • VK
  • LiveJournal
  • Send by email
  • Print
Send by email

Official Website of the President of Russia:

Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/51389

Last updated at February 25, 2016, 18:17

Официальные сетевые ресурсы

Президента России

Official Internet Resources

of the President of Russia

Русский Английский
  • For the Media
  • Version for People with Disabilities
  • Telegram channel
  • YouTube Channel
  • State Insignia
  • Send a Letter
  • Vladimir Putin’s Personal Website
  • Putin. 20 years

Presidential Executive Office
2023