BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

28/06/2007

Lavrov confirms policy of integration with Belarus

MINSK. June 28 (Interfax) - Moscow will continue integrating with Belarus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the Belarusian State University in Minsk on Thursday.

"No matter who wins the presidential elections in Russia, he will support the integration policy," he said.

Lavrov cited President Vladimir Putin's words that "relations with Belarus are a priority."

The minister confirmed that Russia will go as far in the integration as Belarus wishes but admitted certain problems in developing the Union State. "The more progress we make on integration, the more problems we have to resolve in the social, economic and strategic spheres," he said.

Source:

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?menu=1&id_issue=11778579

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