“Alexander Grigoryevich didn’t mean anything bad ... For my part, I can say that Belarus is also“ ours ”in the sense that it is a brotherly people. Brothers do not call each other strangers. We are responsible for each other, ”Alikhanov told RBC, recalling good relations with Belarus“ both at the human level and at the level of entrepreneurs. ”

He also noted the rapid development of cooperation between the Kaliningrad region and Belarus, the doubling of trade over the past two years.

Earlier, Lukashenko called the Kaliningrad region of Russia “our region”, saying that he speaks of its inhabitants as “our Kaliningraders,” because Belarus “was responsible and is responsible” for the region.