“A lot of discussions were conducted with both our and Russian operators. I am glad that the regulators have finally agreed. From September 1 of next year, roaming between our countries will be canceled, and the tariffs at which citizens will be able to including Happy New Year, will be very close. They will not be the same, but they will differ by symbolic values, ”BelTA quotes his words.
Krutoy also emphasized that the Belarusian side does not intend to abandon the national currency as part of a program of in-depth integration with Russia.
Earlier in Minsk, they expressed the hope that Putin and Lukashenko could phone up to the New Year to discuss the yet-agreed integration roadmaps for oil, gas and taxes.
The expert Alexander Shatko, in an interview with PolitExpert, called the issue of integration with Russia a priority of Belarus’s foreign policy.