Distinguished by the depth, special spirituality and ideological spirit, the cooperation with St. Petersburg is the highest priority for Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with a delegation of St. Petersburg led by Governor Alexander Beglov in Minsk on 14 July. “All Belarusians appreciate our good warm relations with St. Petersburg very much,” the Belarusian leader said. He noted that this is thanks not only to a good level of development of trade and economic cooperation. The president expects that in the near future the parties will hit the mark of $2.5 billion in trade. “We can do that. The point is not about that. The point is about the spirituality, the ideological spirit that are at the heart of our relations,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
