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Putin and Lukashenko advance on the road to unity, not without ulterior motives

2021-11-04T18:18:49.167Z


The Russian and Belarusian leaders approved Thursday, November 3 a plan to reconcile their economies.


From our correspondent in Moscow

Symbolically, it is on November 4, the day of

“national unity”

in Russia, that Moscow and Minsk have chosen to take a significant step on the road to their

economic

“integration”

.

A real sea serpent, under discussion for more than twenty years, and which illustrates the proximity, but also all the reciprocal mistrust, between these two

"best allies"

, Vladimir Poutine and Alexander Lukashenko.

The latter was delighted to welcome the Russian president on his first trip to Minsk since June 2019. Alas, it was finally by video conference that the two leaders spoke on Thursday, officially because of the Covid, unless the master of the Kremlin did not want to do to his

"friend"

Lukashenko the flower of a home visit.

See also

Ukraine, the way out for Belarusians

According to Moscow, it is a question of

"confirming a package of important documents on integration"

, as well as a common military doctrine and a common immigration policy.

On paper, the list of the twenty-eight points engraved in

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Source: lefigaro

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