“Another telephone conversation - with the President of Russia - was held today by the head of the Belarusian state.

Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin discussed the program of events during the visit of the President of Belarus to St. Petersburg, ”BelTA informs the press service of the Belarusian head of state.

Earlier it became known that Lukashenko will meet with Putin on December 29 in St. Petersburg.

On December 24, it was reported that the leaders of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) would come personally to St. Petersburg for a traditional informal meeting to be held on December 28.