MINSK, June 13 Russia and Belarus have reached the finish line of implementing 28 allied programs, said State Secretary of the Union State Dmitry Mezentsev.
"We were not invited to the (chess) game (Western countries). This party is imposed on us absolutely without any rules. And we should not succumb or join in this race for victory in a chess game. We have our own plans — for economic integration, for the implementation of 28 union programs. Indeed, a milestone economic integration… We have reached the finish line of implementation,» Mezentsev said on the air of the ONT TV channel.
The State Secretary of the Union State called the sanctions of the West against Russia and Belarus «indecent», and what is happening today — «a spiral to nowhere.» «Historically, a short time will pass — and anyway we will have to agree, because we are neighbors. And anyway, we will have to build a system of relations that should provide guarantees of continental and regional security. It is impossible without this,» Mezentsev noted. an example of successful interaction and actual joint production between Russia and Belarus is the 32nd exhibition «Belagro», where in each modern product «from 20 to 50% of components, steel, polymers from Russia».
May 28, 17:37 Union State Mezentsev: Relations between regions occupy a special place in the Union State «Russia and Belarus are going where they should go — to strengthen union cooperation, to support import substitution programs, to form new production chains so that there is a load on Belarusian and Russian enterprises, so that the huge Russian market is guaranteed to receive and support agricultural producers in Belarus,” Mezentsev said. At the same time, he admitted that during the formation of union programs, the parties argued with each other. And there were various disputes: kefir, and meat, and oil, well, that was also. But I believe that this is over. Maybe the brothers needed to argue a little at the table in order to enter those programs that today are truly a unique foundation in the post-Soviet space.In many ways, our relations in the economy today are an example for interaction both within the framework of the EAEU and in the in the CIS,” concluded Mezentsev.