Fifth Meeting, Five Takeaways: What Did Putin And Lukashenka Achieve in Their Integration Talks?
udf.byRussian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Alyaksandr Lukashenka of Belarus said talks in Moscow on September 9 had advanced plans on deeper integration, but no documents were signed, indicating that roadblocks remain. More questions were raised than answered after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alyaksandr Lukashenka met in Moscow on September 9. Following their fifth face-to-face meeting this year, the two spoke of further economic, energy, and military plans to integrate Belarus and Russia, but the results they described fell short of forecasts and remained vague in many cases, with details apparently left unstated or left for further negotiation.