The corresponding statement was made at a reception at the Russian Embassy in Belarus on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State.
“Today, by and large, with the exception of a few issues, which, I think, will be clarified in the next 2-3 days, the entire integration package has been agreed. And we will choose the time so that our leaders in a solemn atmosphere signed or initialed it, ”BelTA quotes him.
Krutoy stressed that the agreement would give economic relations with Moscow “an absolutely unprecedented new impetus.”
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with his Belarusian counterpart Sergei Rumas on integration and energy cooperation.
On December 20, the Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maxim Oreshkin named so far not agreed issues between the two countries within the Union State.
According to him, we are talking about three issues that block the final agreements: these are agreements in the oil, gas and tax spheres.
The expert Alexander Shatko, in an interview with PolitExpert, called the issue of integration with Russia a priority in the foreign policy of Belarus.