Lukashenka flew to Moscow to meet with Putin

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko arrived on a working visit to Moscow, today he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, transmits Telegram channel “Pool of the First”.

The day before, February 16, Lukashenka toldthat at a meeting with the Russian president they will discuss issues of security and defense. They will also touch upon issues of a political, economic and military nature, which will be discussed at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, the Belarusian president added. Later, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov confirmedthat the meeting between Putin and Lukashenko will take place on February 17 in Novo-Ogaryovo. According to him, it “will be a detailed conversation.”

The fact that the leaders of Russia and Belarus can meet today, Peskov informed The 14th of February. Answering a question from journalists whether the meeting of the presidents could take place on Friday, a Kremlin spokesman said that he could.

The last time Putin and Lukashenko met was on December 19, 2022, when the Russian President visited Minsk for the first time since 2019. During the talks, the Russian president said that Belarus is an ally of Russia “in the literal sense.” In addition, on February 5, they had a telephone conversation, during which the leaders of the states discussed a wide range of issues, including the issue of holding a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State.