Lukashenko argues with Medvedev again: “We have ruled out conversation on this topic!”
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko denied the words of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev that in the future Russia and Belarus could create supranational governing bodies, which would limit independence for Minsk.
He stated this today in an interview with the liberal Russian radio station “Echo of Moscow,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“There are so-called 31 road maps. This is a plan for the construction of supranational bodies. We agreed not to talk about this topic with Putin at all. We ruled out a conversation on this topic back in Sochi. But someone wants it. And everyone is being palmed off, especially through the government. Recently, Dmitry Anatolyevich spoke about this again. But he was not in St. Petersburg for the negotiations and does not know the words that your president said,” Lukashenko said.
At the same time, he did not rule out that Medvedev is voicing what “Putin thinks.” Lukashenko himself believes that now the two countries are promoting such integration that does not reduce their sovereignty, and in general Minsk and Moscow are “close without any plans for integration.” He suggests “not to topped” integration plans and to unite “without hubbub” so as “not to scare off anyone, not to create grounds for provocateurs.”
At the same time, he promised to implement “31 plans or road maps, as it is now fashionable to say,” if people elect him president.
It is noteworthy that Medvedev, on behalf of the Russian leadership, has recently refuted the passages of the Belarusian president. Thus, the Russian prime minister denied Lukashenko’s words that Vladimir Putin is surrounded by “anti-Belarusian forces.” Earlier, Medvedev criticized the statements of the President of Belarus about the Great Patriotic War. Then, in response, Belarusian state channels allowed themselves to be openly rude to Medvedev.
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