“Speaking about integration, we must clearly understand that any integration is possible, but without the loss of statehood and sovereignty.
We had about 30 roadmaps.
With Vladimir Putin, they immediately removed the one that had political overtones, ”BelTA quotes Lukashenka.
He also stressed that "the basis of any union is the same conditions, equality."
Lukashenko added that only one union program remained to be coordinated within the Union State.
“If we are in a union, if we see a prospect, we need to equalize prices both here and there.
Or, as you say, let go of the boat.
If they wanted it, we bought natural gas there, for example, from Gazprom.
Doesn't Gazprom have it?
Another company has a lot of them that produce natural gas.
That is, there should be free trade in this product.
Hence the prices.
We do not ask for low prices.
We want equal prices, ”the Belarusian leader said.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Union State with Belarus is a certain level of integration with full preservation of sovereignty.
He also noted that the European Union has a much deeper level of integration than Russia and Belarus within the Union State.