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🛬 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov arrives in Minsk ahead of the Joint meeting of the collegiums of the Foreign Ministry of Russia and the Foreign Ministry of Belarus.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Sergey Aleinik
📍 Minsk, January 19, 2023
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: Our and your Western neighbours have openly stated their goal of curbing our and the Union State’s development. The West is trying, in every possible way, to encourage the non-systemic opposition that is working abroad against the interests of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation.
Our position is absolutely clear. We will discuss it today in detail as relates to further steps at the meeting of the two collegiums of the Belarusian and Russian foreign ministries. We have prepared several reports.
☝️ I am sure that the agreements we will sign following today’s discussion will facilitate the further implementation of the programme of our countries’ coordinated foreign policy actions.
#RussiaBelarus
📍 Minsk, January 19, 2023
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: Our and your Western neighbours have openly stated their goal of curbing our and the Union State’s development. The West is trying, in every possible way, to encourage the non-systemic opposition that is working abroad against the interests of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation.
Our position is absolutely clear. We will discuss it today in detail as relates to further steps at the meeting of the two collegiums of the Belarusian and Russian foreign ministries. We have prepared several reports.
☝️ I am sure that the agreements we will sign following today’s discussion will facilitate the further implementation of the programme of our countries’ coordinated foreign policy actions.
#RussiaBelarus
🇷🇺🇧🇾 President Vladimir Putin's video address to the final session of the 10th Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions
💬 Vladimir Putin: I would like to note that regional cooperation, which is growing stronger with every year, is the heart of truly allied relations between Russia and Belarus, of integration processes in the Union State.
Almost all regions of the Russian Federation and their Belarusian counterparts maintain mutually beneficial and multifaceted contacts. Our Far East, Siberia, the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol have intensified the development of partnerships with our Belarusian colleagues. The new regions of Russia are also interested in joining interregional interaction.
I would like to emphasise that in terms of trade volume, Belarus is Russia’s number one partner among the CIS countries and fourth in the world.
🤝 Russia and Belarus are doing their best to ensure the stable operation of their economies and their immunity to the negative impact of sanctions. It goes without saying that achieving success in this matter would be difficult, or even unrealistic, without a close region-to-region partnership.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: I would like to note that regional cooperation, which is growing stronger with every year, is the heart of truly allied relations between Russia and Belarus, of integration processes in the Union State.
Almost all regions of the Russian Federation and their Belarusian counterparts maintain mutually beneficial and multifaceted contacts. Our Far East, Siberia, the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol have intensified the development of partnerships with our Belarusian colleagues. The new regions of Russia are also interested in joining interregional interaction.
I would like to emphasise that in terms of trade volume, Belarus is Russia’s number one partner among the CIS countries and fourth in the world.
🤝 Russia and Belarus are doing their best to ensure the stable operation of their economies and their immunity to the negative impact of sanctions. It goes without saying that achieving success in this matter would be difficult, or even unrealistic, without a close region-to-region partnership.
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#UnionState
President of Russia
Video address to the final session of the 10th Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Today, Belarus, a state linked to Russia by centuries of fraternal friendship and bonds of mutual assistance, is marking Independence Day.
#OnThisDay in 1944, Minsk was liberated from Nazi German invaders and occupants as a result of well-coordinated Red Army operations. Fighting shoulder to shoulder, our nations made a decisive contribution to the Victory over Nazism.
Today, Russian-Belarusian relations are those of strategic partnership and alliance. Together, our countries continue to overcome serious difficulties and defend their interests on the international scene. They collaborate closely in the field of military and military-technical cooperation and in ensuring collective security.
Moscow and Minsk jointly streamline various institutions of the Union State and promote integration projects in the Eurasian region. Our countries voice common or similar positions on many international issues and cooperate closely in the #CSTO, the #EAEU, the #CIS, the #UN, the #OSCE and other international and regional organisations.
🤝 We congratulate the fraternal people of Belarus on the national holiday. We wish them well-being and prosperity.
#RussiaBelarus #UnionState
#OnThisDay in 1944, Minsk was liberated from Nazi German invaders and occupants as a result of well-coordinated Red Army operations. Fighting shoulder to shoulder, our nations made a decisive contribution to the Victory over Nazism.
Today, Russian-Belarusian relations are those of strategic partnership and alliance. Together, our countries continue to overcome serious difficulties and defend their interests on the international scene. They collaborate closely in the field of military and military-technical cooperation and in ensuring collective security.
Moscow and Minsk jointly streamline various institutions of the Union State and promote integration projects in the Eurasian region. Our countries voice common or similar positions on many international issues and cooperate closely in the #CSTO, the #EAEU, the #CIS, the #UN, the #OSCE and other international and regional organisations.
🤝 We congratulate the fraternal people of Belarus on the national holiday. We wish them well-being and prosperity.
#RussiaBelarus #UnionState
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 On December 8, 1999, Russia and Belarus signed the Treaty Establishing the Union State of Russia and Belarus. This integration structure presented a combination of characteristics pertaining both to an international organisation and a state, and its creation marked a new stage in the unification of our two nations.
The effort to establish the Union State includes:
👉 creating a single economic space;
👉 carrying out coordinated foreign, defence and social policies;
👉 establishing a unified legal system.
At the same time, each member state preserves its sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and model of government.
The specific achievements of the Union State include:
✅ Ensuring equal right to employment, labour compensation and other social and labour guarantees for all;
✅ Visa-free travel and no migration cards;
✅ Mutual recognition and equivalency of diplomas, academic degrees and titles;
✅ Joint programmes in manufacturing, energy, construction, IT and space exploration.
In November 2021, 28 development programmes were adopted for the Union State. By carrying them out, Russia and Belarus aim to create an equitable and harmonised business environment that offers new development opportunities to their economies. The two countries’ governments and relevant agencies have already fulfilled about 90 percent of the initiatives set forth in these programmes.
Russia and Belarus have come a long way since signing the treaty in forging closer ties. Today, the relations between them have taken on a genuinely strategic and allied nature. Close and deep-running foreign policy coordination remains an integral part of these relations, including within platforms such as the UN, the CIS, the CSTO, the OSCE, and the IAEA.
🤝 Today, Russia and Belarus share the same views on almost all key international matters. Moscow and Minsk maintain an active political dialogue at all levels.
#RussiaBelarus #UnionState
The effort to establish the Union State includes:
👉 creating a single economic space;
👉 carrying out coordinated foreign, defence and social policies;
👉 establishing a unified legal system.
At the same time, each member state preserves its sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and model of government.
The specific achievements of the Union State include:
✅ Ensuring equal right to employment, labour compensation and other social and labour guarantees for all;
✅ Visa-free travel and no migration cards;
✅ Mutual recognition and equivalency of diplomas, academic degrees and titles;
✅ Joint programmes in manufacturing, energy, construction, IT and space exploration.
In November 2021, 28 development programmes were adopted for the Union State. By carrying them out, Russia and Belarus aim to create an equitable and harmonised business environment that offers new development opportunities to their economies. The two countries’ governments and relevant agencies have already fulfilled about 90 percent of the initiatives set forth in these programmes.
Russia and Belarus have come a long way since signing the treaty in forging closer ties. Today, the relations between them have taken on a genuinely strategic and allied nature. Close and deep-running foreign policy coordination remains an integral part of these relations, including within platforms such as the UN, the CIS, the CSTO, the OSCE, and the IAEA.
🤝 Today, Russia and Belarus share the same views on almost all key international matters. Moscow and Minsk maintain an active political dialogue at all levels.
#RussiaBelarus #UnionState
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg.
💬 Vladimir Putin: In general, our relations are developing quite rapidly. Over the first ten months of 2023, Russia-Belarus trade amounted to US$42.5 billion, according to our data, and it is constantly growing. Russia is your country’s biggest investor. Russian investors invested US$4 billion in the Belarusian economy.
This is a mutual effort, with Russian companies and businesses operating in Belarus, and our Belarusian friends increasingly showing more active involvement in the Russian market.
📈 Our relations are developing in all areas. I mean not only industrial cooperation, I am also talking about agriculture, science, education, culture – everything is growing at a fast and good pace.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: In general, our relations are developing quite rapidly. Over the first ten months of 2023, Russia-Belarus trade amounted to US$42.5 billion, according to our data, and it is constantly growing. Russia is your country’s biggest investor. Russian investors invested US$4 billion in the Belarusian economy.
This is a mutual effort, with Russian companies and businesses operating in Belarus, and our Belarusian friends increasingly showing more active involvement in the Russian market.
📈 Our relations are developing in all areas. I mean not only industrial cooperation, I am also talking about agriculture, science, education, culture – everything is growing at a fast and good pace.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾📞 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Alexander Lukashenko extended his warm greetings to Vladimir Putin and all Russians on the national holiday, Russia Day.
The two Presidents discussed current issues regarding the progress in the Russian-Belarusian relations of strategic partnership and alliance in the light of the agreements following the top-level Russia-Belarus talks in Minsk on May 24. They also touched on certain practical aspects of cooperation within the Union State.
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Alexander Lukashenko extended his warm greetings to Vladimir Putin and all Russians on the national holiday, Russia Day.
The two Presidents discussed current issues regarding the progress in the Russian-Belarusian relations of strategic partnership and alliance in the light of the agreements following the top-level Russia-Belarus talks in Minsk on May 24. They also touched on certain practical aspects of cooperation within the Union State.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on Independence Day.
✉️ Eighty years ago today, our fathers and grandfathers, who fought side by side in the Red Army, liberated Minsk from the Nazi invaders.
It is important that the bonds of friendship and mutual assistance, which grew even stronger during the difficult wartime years, continue to serve as a solid foundation for the development of strategic partnership and alliance between our countries today. Russia and Belarus are successfully cooperating in various spheres and effectively coordinating their efforts against external threats and challenges.
I am confident that the further development of the entire range of our constructive bilateral ties and the strengthening of the Union State bodies will serve the best interests of our fraternal nations.
🤝 I wholeheartedly wish you good health and success, and happiness and well-being to the people of Belarus.
#RussiaBelarus
✉️ Eighty years ago today, our fathers and grandfathers, who fought side by side in the Red Army, liberated Minsk from the Nazi invaders.
It is important that the bonds of friendship and mutual assistance, which grew even stronger during the difficult wartime years, continue to serve as a solid foundation for the development of strategic partnership and alliance between our countries today. Russia and Belarus are successfully cooperating in various spheres and effectively coordinating their efforts against external threats and challenges.
I am confident that the further development of the entire range of our constructive bilateral ties and the strengthening of the Union State bodies will serve the best interests of our fraternal nations.
🤝 I wholeheartedly wish you good health and success, and happiness and well-being to the people of Belarus.
#RussiaBelarus