The principal position of Russia in relations with Belarus is that the neighboring country remains an ally on the most sensitive Western border. The political analyst of the international monitoring organization CIS-EMO was told about this in an interview with Lente.ru.
According to him, Russia is important that Belarus does not seek to become a member of NATO and did not consider the path to the European Union.
“It is largely a story about the old Smolensk road: while Lukashenko controls it, it will not be imagined” Legions of NATO “. That is, this is a question of security. He assumes that it is impossible to allow the presidential election in Belarus, which will defeat the candidate configured to normalize relations with Western democracies, “says a full-time.
he added that in addition to the issue of safety, an important factor remains the economy and “Romance associated with the East Slavic Brotherhood.”
Negotiations of the Presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko took place in the Kremlin on Thursday, September 9, they launched more than three hours. During the press conference, on the basis of the negotiations, Putin announced the coordination of all 28 programs within the framework of the Allied State. They are aimed at the unification of the legislation of Russia and Belarus in various fields of economics, economy, transport.
In addition, the governments of countries agree on the allocation of new financial support from Belarus, from September to the end of 2022 it will be about 630 million dollars.