“We & nbsp; with & nbsp; him to & nbsp; you always. & lt; & hellip; & gt; What are we & nbsp; alike? When we sit at the & nbsp; table, I & nbsp; say: & ldquo; Listen, I & nbsp; sometimes I think, why do we & nbsp; practically perceive reality in the same way? & Rdquo; Philosophically speaking & hellip; I & nbsp; say: & ldquo; You are a courtyard, and & nbsp; I am a street. That & nbsp; is we & nbsp; came from there, from & nbsp; the very bottom & rdquo;. He & nbsp; says: & ldquo; Exactly & rdquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; told Lukashenko.
According to the President of Belarus, he and Putin “saw this life,” and they had “the same values.”
“Therefore, we & nbsp; perceive this reality in the same way. Yes, we & nbsp; can, somewhere & nbsp; differently in & nbsp; force of some & nbsp; circumstances grind this reality and & nbsp; draw appropriate conclusions & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; noted & nbsp; he.
The events of last year brought the two leaders even closer together, Lukashenka continued. “ We & nbsp; realized that & nbsp; all this talk & nbsp; & mdash; screen, from the & nbsp; side of the West is just talk. And & nbsp; they, as I & nbsp; said, wars were unleashed here all the time, so are targeted and & nbsp; today & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; the president explained.
According to Lukashenko, he and Putin “do not have such a question” where they “differ in their assessments.”
“ He & nbsp; understands what Belarus is, understands what is & nbsp; is happening in the & nbsp; West exactly as I & nbsp; understand. That & nbsp; we have absolutely unified approaches to & nbsp; assessing what is & nbsp; happening today & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; added & nbsp; he.
Before & nbsp; Lukashenka repeatedly spoke of & nbsp; good relations with & nbsp; Putin.
brother. ”
“ I & nbsp; once & nbsp; publicly told him: & ldquo; Maybe there will still be a time when you have to stand back to & nbsp; back and & nbsp; shoot back, well, as military people say & rdquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said Lukashenko in the spring of 2017.
Putin, in & nbsp; in turn, said that & nbsp; Russia and & nbsp; Belarus are in & nbsp; & nbsp; '' truly allied ''; relationships that are not & nbsp; subject to neither & nbsp; time, nor & nbsp; conjuncture & nbsp; and & nbsp; “ have a solid foundation. ''
In & nbsp; September, the leaders held their fifth meeting in & nbsp; a year. The main thing was the announcement of & nbsp; completion of work on & nbsp; drawing up a plan for further integration of the two countries. The negotiations lasted almost three years.
The meeting resulted in 28 union programs on & nbsp; integration. They are aimed at & nbsp; “ rapprochement '' and & nbsp; 'harmonization' in & nbsp; macroeconomic, monetary and & nbsp; industrial policy, tax legislation, and & nbsp; also on & nbsp; formation of single markets for oil, gas and & nbsp; electricity. In early November, Putin and & nbsp; Lukashenko approved these programs.