BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

21/08/2009

Russian, Belarusian presidents to meet in Sochi next week

SOCHI, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian president will meet with his Belarusian counterpart in the Black Sea resort of Sochi during the second half of next week, a Kremlin aide said.

Sergei Prikhodko said Alexander Lukashenko is now in Russia, on an invitation sent by President Dmitry Medvedev "some time ago."

At their meeting, the presidents will discuss trade and economic ties.

A source close to the talks told RIA Novosti: "Russia will prepare the agenda for the meeting, which will address trade and economic cooperation through the Eurasian Economic Community [EurAsEc] and the [Russia-Belarus] Customs Union".

Source:

http://en.rian.ru/exsoviet/20090821/155881962.html

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