News & Events in Belarus

UFA, 8 July (BelTA) – Belarus absolutely supports actions of the BRICS association and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the international scene. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he met with President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 8 July, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian head of state remarked that “at last there are organizations that risk charting a slightly different course of action in the international scene”. “We absolutely support and accept it. It will benefit all the people, who live on earth. The financial and economic moves you have undertaken recently within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS represent very good directions,” said the Belarusian leader.

Alexander Lukashenko thanked Vladimir Putin for supporting the Belarusian side.

The Belarus President stressed he would like to discuss three question pools during the meeting. In particular, Alexander Lukashenko suggested discussing problems in the Eurasian Economic Union, particularly in view of Kyrgyzstan’s accession. In his words, it was decided a long time ago that the sides would arrange consultations to discuss these matters.

Apart from that, the Belarusian head of state said he would like to talk about Belarusian-Russian relations. “We are going through complicated times, but we will quite survive them. We faced these problems a long time ago, you face them now maybe to a lesser degree. This is why we should discuss the continuation of decisions made by the Union State Council of Ministers, what steps we should take now to overcome the negative trends that may emerge soon,” said the Belarusian leader.

Alexander Lukashenko also thanked Vladimir Putin for the opportunity to arrange bilateral meetings with foreign heads of state. The Belarusian head of state noted that he was planning to meet with presidents of four countries. “I think that more meetings may be arranged,” he said.