Today Alexander Lukashenko met with Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Grigory Rapota. Among the topics discussed was the development of Belarus-Russia cooperation. Over the years of integration trade between countries has increased almost 6 times, there are over 8,000 joint ventures. The prospects of the Union State development will be among the topics of the upcoming negotiations between Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin scheduled for late February. Alexander Lukashenko presented Grigory Rapota with the Order of Honor for his significant personal contribution to the development of integration cooperation, Union State promotion, strengthening of friendly relations between the peoples of Belarus and Russia.