Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Archival photoMINSK, May 19. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the republic and Russia are cooperating as two independent states and there is no need to stir up the people that «someone is losing independence, someone is absorbing someone «.» No, it's imperative to stir up the people both there and here, that someone is already losing independence, someone is absorbing someone. Such trends have already begun. As if we have nothing to do today! Well, let's cooperate, two independent states? We are cooperating, and in all areas, you can’t even tell everything publicly,» Lukashenka's press service quoted him as saying on Thursday. He stressed that Belarus and Russia are developing cooperation as two independent states and it is necessary to move forward in stages on the issue of union integration . “Then we won’t shout that we urgently need to introduce a single currency, urgently a single parliament, as if this is the main thing. We have a parliamentary assembly. So let’s use it. We have a common government. Let’s unwind it. body of power (Supreme State Council of the Union State — ed.). Let's get them involved. If they run out of steam, we'll think about what to create instead,» the head of the Belarusian state said. .jpg» />The Union State is open to all countries, Zakharova said
