🔴#LIVE: The opening ceremony of the exhibition dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the Treaty on the Establishment of the Union State
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 On December 8, 1999, Russia and Belarus signed the Treaty Establishing the Union State. This event ushered in a new stage in uniting our nations on the basis of principles of sovereign equality, voluntary and conscientious fulfilment of mutual obligations.
The Republic of Belarus is Russia’s closest ally and strategic partner. Our countries are linked by long-time traditions of friendship and mutual assistance, cultural and spiritual similarity, a common historical past and prospects for the future.
Allied relations between Moscow and Minsk are the benchmark of mutually beneficial integration collaboration. Over the years of expanding unification processes in the most diverse fields, the Union State has evolved into one of the most advanced and ambitious integration projects in Eurasia.
Our nations have made serious headway in establishing a common socioeconomic, transport, logistics, cultural, humanitarian, migration and information space. The Union State continues to steadily strengthen its financial, economic, scientific and technical sovereignty.
A solid foundation of mutual allied obligations to ensure defence, uphold the sovereignty, independence and constitutional system of Russia and Belarus, their territorial integrity and inviolability, and the inviolability of the external border (using all available forces and resources) has been laid.
On December 6, 2024, the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State approved the Security Concept of the Union State. President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed a number of important landmark documents, including those on security guarantees within the framework of the Union State, on the sidelines of the meeting.
📄 Excerpts from the Joint Statement by the President of the Russian Federation and the President of the Republic of Belarus (March 13, 2025):
The Parties will continue to build up joint efforts to effectively respond to modern challenges and threats in order to strengthen the security of Russia and Belarus within the common defense space of the Union State.
In accordance with bilateral programmes of agreed-upon foreign policy activities, Russian and Belarusian diplomats closely coordinate their approaches and provide mutual support at multilateral platforms and voice identical or similar positions on virtually all matters at the UN and other international organisations.
Within the framework of annual joint meetings of Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries’ Collegiums, the Parties chart common approaches in various spheres of foreign policy interaction. The latest meeting was held in Moscow on November 25, 2025.
🤝 Our countries voice identical positions on virtually all key contemporary issues. Against the backdrop of unprecedented external pressure, our countries collaborate closely on the global stage, invariably providing genuine allied support to each other.
💬 President of Russia Vladimir Putin:
Russia and Belarus actively cooperate across a variety of fields, coordinating their efforts in international affairs and consistently improving the Union State institutions.
I am confident that by acting together, we will overcome any challenges and further strengthen productive bilateral ties for the benefit of the Russian and Belarusian people, in the interests of ensuring stability and security in Eurasia.
🎊 We congratulate our colleagues and the fraternal people of Belarus on our common holiday! We wish them wellbeing and prosperity!
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’sopening remarks at talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov(Moscow, June 10, 2025)
💬 Mr Ryzhenkov,
Colleagues,
Friends,
We are glad to welcome the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus on his first official visit to the Russian Federation. We value the relationship between our countries, a relationship based on alliance, strategic partnership, good-neighbourliness, and mutual trust.
The unique nature of our bilateral relations was once again reaffirmed during our joint celebrations of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The Presidents of Russia and the Republic of Belarus, alongside other world leaders, participated in the Victory Parade on Red Square. Symbolically, Russian and Belarusian military personnel marched ceremoniously shoulder to shoulder in Moscow and Minsk. Joint processions were held in various cities of the Union State as part of the Belarus Remembers and Immortal Regiment events.
☝️ The dialogue between the two heads of state outlines the strategic course in all areas of cooperation, providing the essential momentum and guidance. It calls on all of us, as agencies responsible for implementing foreign policy objectives, to maintain regular contacts and develop a creative approach towards devising a tactical line.
Yesterday, we discussed a number of related issues. Today, we will certainly continue our discussion. Efforts by President Vladimir Putin and President Alexander Lukashenko set an example of importance of maintaining regular contacts. The scale and quality of our bilateral relations, as well as the challenges that arise as we seek to promote these relations, are such that a dialogue is needed on a regular basis.
I recall our meeting in Brest last November, when we held a joint Board meeting. This year, it is our turn to provide a platform for this joint event. Today, we will also discuss preparations for it.
Our inter-parliamentary and interregional dialogue continues to develop. This June, the Nizhny Novgorod Region will host the 12th Forum of Regions of Russia and Belarus on the theme “The Youth of Belarus and Russia as Heirs to the Great Victory and the Future of the Union State.” We will also witness the grand inauguration of your Consulate General in Nizhny Novgorod, a symbolic event in its own right. We are expanding the number of our diplomatic missions in each other's territory.
Our cultural, humanitarian, and spiritual ties play a vital role in reinforcing the foundation that unites our peoples. The recent visit by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Republic of Belarus served as yet another confirmation of this fact.
International issues are always part of our agenda. Yesterday, during our informal discussion, we also touched upon them. This includes matters related to our immediate environment, cooperation within the EAEU, CSTO and CIS, as well as activities at international venues, such as the UN and OSCE.
🌐 I want to highlight a new initiative put forward by Belarus, which Russia has strongly supported. I am referring to Eurasian security and the establishment of a regular annual dialogue on this crucial subject. Together with you, we are promoting a document that could serve as a foundation for further collective efforts. At this stage, we will actively uphold the need for precisely this approach to Eurasian security, an approach based on the recognition of equal and indivisible security for any state.
There is much to discuss, and I am pleased to see you.
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📆 On November 25, Moscow hosted an annual joint meeting of the Collegiums of the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries. The other day, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov.
The ministers discussed key issues of collaboration between the national Foreign Ministries and diplomatic support to foster integration. They coordinated positions on a wide range of international issues. The Sides reaffirmed their determination to provide mutual allied support and to jointly uphold common interests on the global arena.
During the joint meeting of the Collegiums of the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries, the Sides analysed the implementation of the previous meeting’s decisions and summed up preliminary results of implementing the bilateral programme of agreed-upon actions in the foreign policy of the States Parties to the Treaty on Establishing the Union State, in 2024-2026. The participants charted collaboration guidelines for jointly using humanitarian policy tools, promoting traditional values and preserving historical memory.
🤝 They agreed to continue closely coordinating expanded cooperation with friendly states and associations and jointly maintaining relations with unfriendly countries and organisations, including efforts to counter their aggressive policy of sanctions and legal aggression. The Sides agreed to expand joint efforts in providing information support for their foreign policy.
✍️ Following the meeting, they signed a resolution approved by both Collegiums and a Plan of consultations between the national Foreign Ministries in 2026.
The next joint meeting of the Collegiums of the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries is scheduled to be held in the fourth quarter of 2026.
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✉️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the Day of Unity between the Peoples of Russia and Belarus (April 2, 2026)
The message reads, in part:
“Over the three decades since the signing of the Treaty on the Establishment of the Community of Russia and Belarus, a great deal has been accomplished to develop mutually beneficial integration ties and fruitful bilateral cooperation.
Our people enjoy equal rights and opportunities across the entire territory of the Union State. Moscow and Minsk align the key parameters of macroeconomic, monetary, and social policies, and coordinate efforts in the areas of international cooperation, defence, and security.
During the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State held in February, we outlined a set of measures to further advance integration processes in various areas. I am confident that its consistent implementation fully meets the interests of the two nations, Russia and Belarus.”
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 On June 9-10, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovheld talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov, who was on his first official visit in Moscow.
The talks were held in a traditionally trust-based and truly comradely atmosphere. The Ministers discussed a wide range of key issues of Russia-Belarus strategic partnership and alliance. They focused on diplomatic support for the integration process in the Union State. They voiced coinciding or quite similar positions, while considering current international and regional issues, including the resolution of the Ukraine crisis.
The Sides exchanged opinions regarding their future collaboration to forge a Greater Eurasian Partnership and new Eurasian security architecture. Following the meeting, Sergey Lavrov and Maxim Ryzhenkov signed a joint address to the foreign ministers of Eurasian states on drafting the Charter of Eurasian Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century. The Ministers reviewed, in great detail, issues of future integration within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (#CSTO), the Eurasian Economic Union (#EEU), the Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (#SCO), as well as mutual collaboration at the United Nations Organisation and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (#OSCE).
Addressing a joint news conference, the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Belarus discussed, in great detail, the agreements reached by them.
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🔴#LIVE: 2025 Annual News Conference and Direct Line with the people of Russia by President Vladimir Putin
Russia's Head of State holds the yearly 'Direct Line' call-in session for the Russian citizens and journalists on the 2025 outcomes
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🔴#LIVE: Russia's Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov remarks at the Plenary Session of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
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🔴#LIVE: Direct Russia-Ukraine talks under the initiative of President of the Russian Federation are underway with the participation of the Turkish Side at their initial stage
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🔴#LIVE: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks during the meeting of the Group of Strategic Vision "Russia – Islamic World" with the Ambassadors of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
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