As Putin noted, he had already talked privately with Lukashenko, the conversation lasted an hour or a half.
“Unfortunately, our delegation has not yet been able to get to our meeting. I hope the weather conditions allow, and they will come a little later. We can start our discussion so far, discuss our current affairs, and go beyond those issues that are most relevant, ”RIA Novosti quoted Putin as saying.
According to the president, the parties have “a lot of questions”.
“For almost an hour or a half, Alexander Grigoryevich and I touched on many issues that are of mutual interest,” Putin said.
Earlier it became known that Putin and Lukashenko began negotiations in expanded formulations.
The talks are being held in a truncated format, since the rest of the Russian delegation did not manage to arrive from Mineralnye Vody, where the plane was forced to land due to bad weather conditions in Sochi.