Telephone conversation between the Presidents of Belarus and Russia

A telephone conversation between A. Lukashenko and V. Putin took place the evening before. The Presidents touched upon the common agenda of cooperation in the economy, politics, and security issues. In particular, they talked about further actions within the framework of the Union State to ensure the security of Belarus and Russia. The main thing that the heads of state agreed on was to fix the date of the meeting in the near future. Its main goal will be to control the execution by the two governments of the instructions given by the presidents earlier, primarily in the field of import substitution and in all areas of anti-sanction cooperation. The third block of issues discussed was preparations for the session of the Supreme State Council. Due to the fact that a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State is scheduled for February, the Supreme State Council is tentatively scheduled to be held in April-May. At the meeting, as expected, the existing agreements will be formalized, relevant documents will be signed. But before that, the heads of state will discuss and clarify the entire range of current issues at the upcoming meeting.