Russian President Vladimir Putin will outline his stance on the implementation of the Minsk agreements during his meeting withthe leaders of Belarus and Kazakhstan, Alexander Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev, in Astana on Friday.
"Certainly, the leaders will exchange opinions on the present-day situation with the implementation of the Minsk agreements. Our stance is well-known, and I’m sure that the President will outline it to his counterparts in Astana," the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Earlier, the Kremlin press service said that at the forthcoming meeting "the parties were to discuss the current state and prospects of trade and economic cooperation between the three countries, and the Eurasian integration process, taking into due account modern trends in the global economy."
"The three leaders are also to exchange views on some pressing international issues, above all the situation in Ukraine. Putin’s bilateral meetings with Nazarbayev and Lukashenko are planned as well," TASS cited the Kremlin press service.
Earlier, Peskov said that at the top of the agenda would be Russia’s relations with Kazakhstan and Belarus rather than the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), "The forthcoming meeting is not an EEU summit," Peskov said, noting that it would focus on relations between the three countries and regional problems rather than on the issues related to the integration processes.
