Belarus is considering And will consider the Russian Federation as its closest ally And partner, said the foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei in the process of negotiations with Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov.

dialogues have been initiated in the framework of the visit the Minister to the Russian Federation, which takes place June 7-8. The parties intend to discuss relations with the EU And the USA, as well as among them in context, held at the Riga summit of the Eastern partnership.

"Recently in the information space, there are some unverified information about the fact that someone changes some foreign policy vectors. I wish to say that We have examined, considered And will consider the Russian Federation as our closest ally And partner, with which we have close relations within the Union of the country. And We will always stick to our agreed developed approaches in the framework of the Treaty on the Union state, " said Mackay.

Lavrov said that Russia And Belarus have been truly allied relations." We highly appreciate the results held on 3 March in the capital of Russia the meeting of the Supreme state Council of the Union of the country. The meeting said that after the launch of the Eurasian economic Union our Union state remains very important And popular format, " He said.

"in the near future will have fresh meetings, including at the level of our presidents. We thank Alexander Lukashenko that He accepted the invitation of Vladimir Putin to come to Ufa to enable meetings of the heads of States of BRICS, " said Lavrov.

first of Makey said that Belarus is aimed at the development of good relations with the European Union, but not to the detriment of the partnership with Russia, with which Minsk is not ready to quarrel for the sake of the EU. The Minister has noticed that during the Riga summit of the Eastern partnership at the end of may, the Minsk clearly And frankly expressed this position And it was perceived by all participants ".

He also expressed his opinion about the fact that the Riga summit was not anti-Russian, noting that " if We want to have a stable and safe Europe, with Russia all just have to talk, And those who have imposed any penalties against Russia."

in Riga on may 21-22 summit of " Eastern partnership ". It does not provide for the possibility of EU membership, but aimed at political And economic integration of the EU with Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova And Ukraine.

Ukraine expected from the summit of promotion in the issue of visa-free regime with the EU. However, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the easing of the visa regime as long as it is impossible. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that the European Commission will present a new report on the progress of Ukraine And Georgia on the way to visa-free regime with the EU by about the fifteen of December. Prime Minister of Latvia Laimdota Straujuma said that the European Union States may move to a visa-free regime with Georgia And Ukraine in 2016, if the EC will submit a positive report.

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