Minsk: appreciated statements about “takeover” Belarus by Russia

Minsk considers that Belarus will be absorbed by Russia, the Russian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makay said. Reports about it “Kommersant”.

“We proceed from the fact that the national sovereignty, the state sovereignty of both states is maintained,” the minister said.

Earlier, the President of Lithuania Gitanas Bested said that Russia uses the situation that established around Belarus in its own interests and plans not just to deepen integration, but to “absorb the republic. “The authorities of Russia are making efforts to absorb Belarus as an independent state, he noted.” And they are very successfully promoted in this direction. “

/Media reports.