“The conceptual reality (or specifics) that we need to take into account is the presence of a union state in the form of Belarus and Russia within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union. […] Creation of a state according to the formula “two countries – one state” with a single political, legal, military, economic, monetary, cultural, humanitarian space, with a single union government, with a single union parliament … I’m sorry, and even nuclear weapons are one for two now,” he said.
According to Tokayev, “there is another level of integration represented by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia.”
“We need to reckon with this reality. How we will work in these conditions is a conceptual issue. I think we need to discuss this problem at this economic forum,” the President of Kazakhstan believes.
On the video of the episode, shown From a different angle, the Telegram channel “You were listening to the lighthouse” shows that during Tokayev’s speech about the union state, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power in Belarus since 1994, briefly talked about something and shook each other hands.
Russia and Belarus have been negotiating the creation of a Union State for more than 20 years. If the parties agree, economic ties between Moscow and Minsk can be strengthened to the level of the European Union or even federal states, Russian media noted.
Lukashenka said that Belarus was not going to be part of other states, “even fraternal Russia”, and that he did not want to go down in history as the last president of Belarus.
According to Bloomberg, Putin proposed to change the Russian constitution to reset his presidential terms to zero after Lukashenko refused to create the Union State.
On September 9, 2021, Putin and Lukashenko met in Moscow. Following the talks, Putin said that all 28 roadmaps for the integration of the two countries had been agreed upon, and allowed the creation of a union parliament of the Russian Federation and Belarus. On November 4, Putin and Lukashenko signed 28 programs to enhance integration between Russia and Belarus.
Putin said on December 19, 2022 in Minsk, following a meeting with Lukashenka, that Russia allegedly does not plan to absorb Belarus or any other country. In turn, a Russian businessman, a former member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation and a former friend of Putin, Sergei Pugachev, claims that in the late 90s, Lukashenka’s main idea was to merge Russia with Belarus and lead it. These plans were hindered, among other things, by the appearance of Putin in the Kremlin, Pugachev believes.
2023-05-24 18:56:05
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