Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Belarusian President Lukashenko

According to the Kremlin Palace statement, Putin and Lukashenko met at the residence in the Moscow region.

In his speech at the beginning of the meeting, Putin stressed that they will discuss issues of security and military cooperation between the two countries, especially the economy.

Noting that the trade volume between Russia and Belarus exceeded 43 billion US dollars last year, Putin said that there are opportunities for cooperation in many fields, especially in the industrial field.

Noting that more work is needed to strengthen the Russian-Belarusian State of the Union, Putin noted that the 28 programs being worked on create conditions for the development of cooperation in the economic field.

Belarusian President Lukashenko also stated that Russia has made $300 million worth of work for Belarusian IT companies, and that Russian IT sector employees themselves are doing billion-dollar jobs. “Even in this area, the so-called peace-loving countries failed to get us in,” Lukashenko said. saying.

Referring to cooperation in the field of defense, Lukashenko said: “Everything that we agreed with you on defense and security, the Belarusian side fulfilled one hundred percent last year. One hundred percent and even more done.” he said. (AA)