Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. File photoMINSK, March 19Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Russia is not just an ally for the republic, the two countries are one entity in the economy and military sphere.»Russia is not just our ally. The Russians and we — peoples growing from one root. Economically — practically undivided systems, we are so seriously integrated into the production system of Russia, and Russia — into the Belarusian one, that the rupture of cooperation ties will lead to a catastrophe in the economy. We have a single market — we supply half of our products to Russia,» Lukashenka said in an interview with the Japanese TV channel TBS, the TV version of which was shown on its Youtube channel by the state Belarusian TV News Agency. was not planned.» Lukashenka on nuclear weapons in Belarus Lukashenka stressed that «Belarus and Russia are one whole, in practice, in production, economy, sales — a single market — and militarily we generally have one grouping of armed forces.» «That is, we are closely connected. These ties are called the Union State, which we are trying to build with Russia. We are united with Russia as much as Ukraine is supported by America and the European Union, including Japan,» he stressed.
