President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko sees the need to develop country plans of cooperation with the former Soviet republics. The head of state said this at a meeting in Minsk with Kyrgyz Ambassador to Belarus Ermek Ibraimov, BelTA reports.
"I very often think about the interaction of Belarus with the post-Soviet republics. And by the example of Kyrgyzstan I usually come to the conclusion that we cooperate with the republics as God wills. Something remains from the Soviet period. For example, we used to buy sugar beet seeds from you. We probably continue to do so. We are satisfied with the quality and so on. But we have not come up with such a permanent plan, a roadmap, as it is fashionable to say, for cooperation between Belarus and the republics of the former Soviet Union - those that want to cooperate with us," the President said.
At the same time, such an approach is practiced with other countries, including the so-called far arc. "We make separate decisions on individual countries. Let's say, the decree of the President on Russia, China and so on," said the Belarusian leader.
Alexander Lukashenko suggested that the matter lies in the approach to cooperation with the post-Soviet republics: "They are ours, we will always establish relations with them. But on the other hand, we need such a plan.
