MOSCOW. May 23 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Thursday evening during his official visit to Belarus, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
"This evening, we expect Putin to communicate with Lukashenko in Minsk, where Putin will pay an official visit. And today the two presidents will extensively communicate, which is planned, and tomorrow there will be a whole day of the official visit," Peskov told reporters.
According to the Kremlin press service, Putin will visit Belarus at Lukashenko's invitation on May 23-24.
"During the negotiations, it is planned to discuss current issues concerning the further development of Russian-Belarusian relations of strategic partnership and alliance, the course of and prospects for interaction on integration within the Union State, as well as key matters on the international agenda," the press service said.