“Today we openly declare our readiness for further substantive work to improve inter-sectoral cooperation within the Union State, observing mutual interests and on the basis of equality of the two members of the Union.

Let me emphasize: this process presupposes the complete preservation of the sovereignty of both countries, without the formation of any new supranational bodies, ”RIA Novosti Lukashenko was quoted as saying.

On January 21, a high-level group meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Russia and Belarus was held.

Earlier, Secretary of State of the Union State Grigory Rapota spoke about the situation with the abolition of roaming between Russia and Belarus.