Vladimir Putin held conversations with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in St. Petersburg. The leaders discussed the development of integration and points of contention in bilateral relations. Key statements in the material of the Fins news . Opening the meeting, Putin said that in the beginning of winter will mark the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty establishing the Union of the country. "Alexander Lukashenko took a decision to perform everything that is done during the Union Treaty that is Not done, for what reasons, and to work out acceptable for our countries further development of our integration," - said the President of Russia. He added that he plans " then another at the regional scale, to speak with partners that are engaged in interregional cooperation." Speaking about bilateral relations, the Russian President has noticed that Belarus is a strategic and closest partner of Russia. "We work in all areas - and in the security sphere, in the sphere of military Affairs, the defense industry, in the economy ", - Putin said, noting that the bilateral trade continuously increases. He also made emphasis on the fact that the Russian Federation is the largest investor in the economy of Belarus, and the volume of accumulated direct investment of nearly four billion dollars. "But there are questions that always during such a big mutual there. I hope that today's meeting will benefit in order to move forward, " - said Putin. for his part, Lukashenko made the initiative to remove all controversial issues and to prepare a programme strategy on integration until 8 December 2019. for reviews of Lukashenko, all the problems lie on the surface. He added that he supports the proposal by the governments of 2-States about what ought at the same time to detect the understanding to the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Union Treaty. "Plenty of time, especially that Our government violated the terms that We established with Mr Putin two years ago, in my opinion, in St. Petersburg on specific issues. Well, about That We'll talk tonight, " he said. The Belarusian leader has noticed that citizens of both States have long been waiting for from the President to take certain decisions. Lukashenko said that the heads of Russia and Belarus " own way ". He said about the fact that he had met with the Russian leader in Sochi and in the Russian capital and other cities. According to his statement, the public is even exposed him and Putin criticized for unduly frequent contact that had failed to achieve a concrete result. "We all decided, what we wanted to: We have identified directions at the moment of our actions, We have identified even a real action and as Mr Putin said, created at the government level the overall group," - said Lukashenko. Putin said that the conversation with Lukashenko was a continuation of the conversation begun yesterday at the informal meeting on Valaam. For his part, Lukashenko thanked the Russian President for the day they spent together on the island. "It was Not only some kind of study tour. Our roots there, Our roots are there, our belief in strong real people. I don't think the Russian President, who that day took the hand and showed meticulously knowing all these ideas, all these places, " He said. The Belarusian leader emphasized on the fact that highly appreciates this act of Putin. "I appreciate very much that you before me in all these mountains, rivers, lakes and shrines held, and openly showed It," He said, adding that he is now thinking about how Belarusians to continue this journey on Valaam and other monasteries. <span style="color:darkgray