Russia: Putin and Lukashenko strengthen military ties in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held a press conference in Moscow, Tuesday, after signing an agreement to further strengthen cooperation between both countries in the military sphere. During the press conference both Putin and Lukashenko underlined the closeness of their countries, with Putin noting that “Russia takes the first place among foreign trade partners of Belarus: our market accounts for almost half of Belarusian trade.” The Russian president went o