Aleksandr Lukashenko came to Russia last week to discuss problems that are not being solved. The president is spending his vacation in Sochi, where he is to meet his counterpart Dmitry Medvedev later this week.
Measures toward the Belarusian dairy products cannot be called the sanctions against that country by Russia, the problem will be discussed by professional agencies, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference after talks with his Belarusian counterpart Sergei Martynov, RIA Novosti reported.
Russia has never connected and does not connect the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia with the issues of practical cooperation with Belarus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference on June 9, RIA Novosti reported.
Ties between Russia and Belarus -- once seen as Moscow's most faithful regional ally -- have experienced a sudden chill over the last months as Minsk seeks closer ties to the European UNI0N.
Belarus is not ready to abandon strategic partnership with Russia in favor of improving relations with the European UNI0N, Andrey Yaroshkin, deputy head of the foreign ministry's foreign policy analysis department, said at the 11th Minsk Forum on Thursday.
