Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, who is on a working trip to Russia, will hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin today. The day before, the heads of state, together with other colleagues, took part in the World Atomic Week forum at the VDNKh exhibition center in Moscow, which was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry.
The second day of the visit is dedicated to the bilateral Belarusian-Russian agenda. The heads of state meet quite frequently in various formats. Their interactions can vary from informal communication, such as that on Valaam Island, to formal negotiations held either in the Kremlin or on the sidelines of international forums. Only one thing remains constant – not just an allied, but an exclusively friendly format of dialogue. Recently, the phrase that there are no unsolvable problems in the relations between Belarus and Russia has become common. Perhaps, also because Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin simply leave no chance for such problems to accumulate, as sometimes happened before.
The Kremlin talks announcement initially promised no particular surprises. “The heads of state will coordinate their positions on the most urgent matters of bilateral development, and exchange views on the regional situation and international agenda,” the press service of the Belarusian leader reported ahead of the visit.
In a brief comment to TASS, Press Secretary of the Belarusian President Natalya Eismont stated that the agenda includes the entire spectrum of regional and bilateral relations.
The heads of state are also expected to discuss security issues. For example, they might sum up the results of the recently concluded joint military exercise Zapad 2025 or discuss Vladimir Putin’s proposal regarding the future of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Aleksandr Lukashenko has already called this step a brilliant initiative.
