“I consider Vladimir Vladimirovich my elder brother. I sincerely consider my brother to be an elder, but not in the sense that you are an elder, and we are no younger ones. You are really an older brother both in age and in weight, ”Lukashenka said in an interview with Dmitry Gordon.
The President of Belarus noted that "the older brother must support the younger."
On August 4, President Lukashenko, in a message to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly, said that Russia will always be Belarus' closest ally.