{"id":145336,"date":"2025-07-04T12:22:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T09:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145336\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-russias-pms-discuss-integration-in-phone-call","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145336\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus’, Russia’s PMs discuss integration in phone call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Alaksandar Tur\u010dyn, Mikhail Mishustin (left to right)\n <\/div>\n \n
\n STV and ONT TV channels \/ Screenshots by Pozirk<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

July 4, Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Belarusian Prime Minister Alaksandar Tur\u010dyn and his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Mishustin, discussed integration on the phone yesterday, according to the press offices of their respective governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian official congratulated Tur\u010dyn on Independence Day, reaffirming readiness to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries, according to Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moscow\u2019s report on the talks focused on trade, economic cooperation and “implementation of integration projects in the Union State.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Union State treaty between Belarus and Russia entered into force in January 2000 after ratification by the parliaments of the two countries. The deal is of unlimited duration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Russia launched an upgrade of the Union State to bind the two countries together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2021, Minsk and Moscow signed 28 Union State programs focusing on macroeconomic, industrial and agricultural policies, tax and customs harmonization and a common energy market, which reportedly were implemented by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a security guarantees deal that provides for defending the Union State territory and border with \u201call available forces and means,\u201d including the use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons stationed in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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