Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement after negotiations with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 9 September, BelTA has learned.

Apart from tighter Belarus-Russia integration Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin discussed in detail the current international problems, relations with neighboring countries and associations.

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“We spoke at length about the situation in instability zones, primarily in Afghanistan, from the point of view of threats to the security of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.

In this context it is of primary importance to ensure all-round security of our countries and the Collective Security Treaty Organization as a whole. All of us will approve a common stance on the problem together during forthcoming events in Dushanbe.»

In this context Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin touched upon the Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2021.”We will only increase the joint counteraction of common challenges and threats,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stated. “Don’t shout about our organization of this exercise. We have an army, a joint battle group in the western direction. It has to be trained in the arts of war. We do nothing extraordinary.”

According to the head of state, the meeting also touched upon matters concerning further normalization of transport communication, manufacturing cooperation in the area of microelectronics and in civil engineering.