Lukashenko says decision on further operations of joint contingent to be made with Putin on Friday

MINSK. Feb 17 (Interfax) - Further operations of the joint contingent will be discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 18, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said.

"They will do as we decide tomorrow," the Belarusian state-run news agency BelTA quoted Lukashenko as saying after he watched the Union Resolve 2022 exercise of Belarus and Russia at the Osipovichsky range.