Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka says he does not plan to ask for money from Russia when he holds talks in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin on February 22.
Lukashenko presents Order of Honor to Rapota
MINSK, 18 February (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko presented the Order of Honor to State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota during the meeting at the Palace of Independence in Minsk on 18 February, BelTA has learned.
Grigory Rapota received the award in recognition of a big personal contribution to the development of integration cooperation, Union State construction, enhancement of friendly relations and unity of peoples of Belarus and Russia.
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18 Feb in 16:30
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko plans to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after February 20, as he himself said at a meeting with State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Grigory Rapota. Indeed, Putin and I agreed a while ago to hold a meeting after February 20 in order to discuss certain cooperation aspects, Lukashenko said, as cited by the Belarusian presidential press service. But I would like to make it clear from the very beginning that, though some in Russia may claim that ‘Lukashenko is coming to ask for $3 billion,’ I’m not going there [to Russia] to ask for anything, TASS cited the Belarusian president as saying.
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