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Putin, Lukashenko agree to meet before yearend — Kremlin spokesman

The exact date is yet unknown

MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Russian and Belarusian Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, have agreed to meet before the New Year. The exact date will be announced later, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

"Yes, they have agreed [to meet]. We will announce the date in due course," he told journalists when asked whether the two leaders had agreed on a new meeting during their recent telephone call.

"Before the New Year," he said when asked about a date for such a contact.

The two presidents spoke over the phone on Friday to discuss the most topical issues of Russian-Belarussian relations, current challenges and the situation around both countries.

BelTA agency reported citing Lukashenko’s press service that Putin had called Lukashenko immediately after a virtual meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.

Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov said earlier that the president was expected to have offline meetings with the leaders of the EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union) and CIS nations, including with the Belarusian president, before the end of the current year.

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