“Putin warmly congratulated the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on his birthday.
Some issues of bilateral cooperation and upcoming contacts in various formats were touched upon, ”the Kremlin said in a statement.
Earlier, the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, in congratulating the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on his birthday, called him a real, courageous patriot and invited him to visit.