“How can such decisions be made? Without consulting, confront the fact. This is incomprehensible to me. And the most interesting: if we close the border, this is probably not the business of the government. This decision should be made by the president of the country, ”BelTA quotes Lukashenko.
He said that he had not contacted Putin yet, but a telephone conversation between the presidents was planned.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at an operational meeting with vice prime ministers said that the Russian authorities decided to close the border with Belarus to move people due to the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19. Lukashenko has responded to this decision.
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called for understanding the closure of the border.