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Putin, Lukashenko to discuss integration and international agenda in Sochi, Kremlin says

Alexander Lukashenko has already departed for Russia

MOSCOW, May 20. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko will discuss further bilateral integration and the pressing issues on the international agenda at a meeting to be held in Sochi on Monday, the Kremlin press service said on Friday.

The news about the planned meeting between the two leaders was reported by Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier on Friday. He said Putin and Lukashenko had agreed to hold the bilateral meeting when they met in Moscow for a jubilee CSTO summit on Monday.

Lukashenko has already departed for Russia, Belarusian news agency Belta reported. The president of Belarus has said he intends to discuss further bilateral efforts towards import substitution amid the Western sanctions.