The final approval of integration documents by the Presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko will occur in October. Such deadlines called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a briefing, RIA Novosti reports.
According to him, the agreements reached by the parties will become a powerful answer to the sanctions of the West.
“We rely on what someone is worst, will change anger to grace, not with the hands and unpromising. Because the unreliability of our Western partners, their willingness at any time and for any reason to use the sanctions battle is well known,” – Stressed Lavrov.
Diplomat added that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of both countries agreed to hold a joint board in November and discuss the issues of foreign policy activities of Russia and Belarus.
On September 10, the first Council of Ministers of the Union State took place. Mikhail Mishustin’s Government Chairman said that during the event, decisions were approved to deepen the processes of integrating Russia and Belarus based on 28 Allied Programs.
In the afternoon, Putin and Lukashenko’s negotiations were held in the Kremlin, they launched more than three hours. During the meeting, the leaders signed 28 union programs. Documents are aimed at the unification of the legislation of Russia and Belarus in various fields of the economy, to align the conditions of the activities of economic entities of the two countries, the construction of uniform financial and energy markets.
Russia also promised by the end of 2022 to allocate Belarus financial assistance in the amount of $ 630 million. The price of Russian gas for Belarus for 2022 will continue at the level of the current year, uniform gas, oil and petroleum products and electricity markets will be created. Moreover, Putin made the creation of the Union Parliament.