“On behalf of the Russian government and on my own behalf, I congratulate you on the occasion of your appointment to the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus,” says Mishustin’s congratulation, the text of which is published on the website of the Russian cabinet.
Mishustin said that "I would like to express satisfaction with the ongoing development of good-neighborly, partner and allied Russian-Belarusian relations, and the strengthening of trade, economic, investment, scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian cooperation."
The Russian prime minister noted that "large-scale projects in the energy sector, industry, high technology and other fields are being successfully implemented."
He also reaffirmed his readiness “for active joint work within the Union State” and noted the importance of “building up Russian-Belarusian cooperation in order to further develop the Eurasian Economic Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States”.
Earlier it was reported that President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has appointed a new composition of the government.
The new Prime Minister was Roman Golovchenko, who previously served as chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee.
On June 3, Lukashenko fired the Belarusian government.