"Of course. Potatoes in Belarus are very tasty. And, actually, such a traditional exchange of presents ... occurs regularly, ”RIA Novosti quotes Peskov's words.

At the same time, the press secretary did not specify what was prepared from it.

“I am not participating in the president’s home kitchen, in the truest sense of the word. But, of course, the agricultural products of Belarus are well known and they are, indeed, of high quality, ”said Sands.

At the end of December 2018, it became known that during one of his visits, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko presented his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin with four bags of his potatoes and lard.