OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus and Russia are able to settle the issues of mutual interest, Belarusian Head of State Alexander Lukashenko said in a meeting with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in the Kremlin on December 22.

“Ahead of our talk I would like to say that there are no problems with settling all Belarus-related issues of Russia in the way it should be done. I think there are absolutely no problems with addressing all Belarus’ issues by the Russian Federation. I am confident that we are able to settle them because we believe there are no problematic issues,” Alexander Lukashenko said.

The President of Belarus said that Russia has always wanted to see that the state of affairs is good in Belarus and that the bilateral relations are good, too. We are ready for this. The Russian Federation is a strategic partner for us and not simply a strategic partner but a brotherly state. We will always proceed from these positions, may somebody like it or not. This is what the Belarusian people want. You know my point of view with regard to the Russian Federation,” Alexander Lukashenko said.

In turn, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev stated that “our views on this coincide. We, of course, view Belarus as our key partner, strategic partner”.