Putin: Despite the pressure from the West, relations between Russia and Belarus are expanding

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, the Russian media announced the congratulatory message of the president of this country to his Belarusian counterpart on the occasion of the “Unification Day of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus”.

According to the news agency SputnikAddressing Alexander Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin pointed to Western sanctions and announced that, despite these sanctions, Russia and Belarus are effectively coordinating efforts in the international arena.

The message of the President of Russia states: “Dear Alexander Grigorevich, please accept our warmest congratulations on the occasion of the Day of the Unity of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus… Despite the unprecedented sanctions pressure from abroad, we are effectively coordinating efforts in the international arena and in the field of defense.” And we successfully implement programs aimed at strengthening financial, economic, scientific and technological governance.

Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia and Belarus are systematically expanding mutually beneficial cooperation. He also expressed confidence that the partnership between the people of these two brotherly countries will grow in the future.

At the end of his congratulatory message to the President of Belarus, the President of Russia wished Lukashenko health and success and happiness and prosperity to the citizens of Belarus.

Putin’s congratulatory message was issued in a situation where relations between Russia and Belarus have expanded in recent years despite the pressures of the United States and its European allies, and the war in Ukraine has not changed this trend.

It was last Saturday that the Russian president announced the country’s plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus; An action that was met with a negative reaction by the United States and its allies in the Orocha Union.

Despite the negative reactions of Western countries, Alexander Lukashenko and other Belarusian officials, while supporting the deployment of Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons, stated that these weapons will protect Belarus against threats from the West.

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