Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the self-proclaimed head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to hold joint military exercises after the New Year.
So, Lukashenko called on Putin not to stop joint military exercises in Belarus.
– I've turned to you so that we don't stop our joint exercises … I know that you and your military are considering my proposals on exercises on the territory of Belarus. I would like these decisions to be made by you, – Lukashenko told Putin.
The President of the Russian Federation, in response, agreed with this proposal and said that the details would be coordinated by the military.
< p> – As you suggested, we will spend at the beginning of the year. There the military will agree. In March-February. I don’t know when they will decide, ”Putin said.
The meeting between Putin and Lukashenko is being held in St. Petersburg, Russia as part of an unofficial summit of heads of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The fact that this meeting is planned, it was reported on December 24.
In November, Lukashenko and Putin signed another agreement, which was supposed to strengthen the integration of Belarus and the Russian Federation into one & # 8220; union state & # 8221 ;.
In early December, Alexander Lukashenko said, that he is going to conduct joint exercises with the Russian army near the northern borders of Ukraine.
