SOCHI, February 15. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is satisfied with the talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
"I believe we did a good job," he told reporters after the negotiations.
Putin noted that he had invited the Belarusian leader to Sochi to conduct negotiations and offer him "a chance to take a break on the ski slopes and maybe play hockey."
Putin noted that December 2019 would mark the 20th anniversary of the Treaty on the Creation of a Union State of Russia and Belarus. "The Belarusian president and I agreed that we would analyze everything that has been done recently. We will synchronize our watches on the integration issue, bearing in mind that other integration processes, including the Eurasian Economic Union, are developing simultaneously," he noted.
"We have to see where we are ahead, where we are a little behind what is going on within the EAEU," Putin said, adding that it was based on the agreements that formed the basis for the Union State.
"In some ways, the EAEU even went a little further. Some things that were planned under the 1999 Union Treaty are no longer relevant. On the other hand, something is gaining more momentum and is extremely important," the Russian leader explained. He assured that the three-day negotiations were aimed at analyzing the goals that have been achieved and that are yet to be realized, holding consultations with counterparts and identifying the most important tasks.