BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

22/12/2008

Belarus named Russia's key partner

Russia believes Belarus is its key strategic partner, said President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev during talks with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in the Kremlin on December 22, reported Belta.

"The statement says it all. Issues will still pile up in cooperation of countries, even such close ones as Belarus and Russia. We meet exactly for the purpose of dealing with them," underscored Dmitry Medvedev. "It is our constitutional duty as presidents to meet, discuss, and make decisions, which are mutually beneficial and accepted by our nations. This is my point of view."

The President of Russia remarked, arranging a meeting at the end of the year is a custom among good friends. "Therefore, I believe today we can discuss the way the year has passed," Dmitry Medvedev told Alexander Lukashenko.

According to the Russian leader, 2008 has been a very saturated year, even a complicated one. "Meanwhile, the dynamics of the Belarusian-Russian cooperation was quite good. The trade turnover rose steadily. In principle we've come to make the decisions we were supposed to have made, with the global financial and economic crisis among other reasons. We continue cooperation, finding ways out of these problems. I think we can meet the New Year regarding the Belarusian-Russian cooperation in a good mood," said Dmitry Medvedev.

Source:

http://news-en.trend.az/cis/belarus/1378178.html

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