China News Agency, Moscow, April 12 (Zhang Yuchen and Tian Bing) On the 12th local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Belarusian President Lukashenko jointly inspected the Vostok Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East. talks and held a joint press conference.
Putin said that Russia's special military operation in Ukraine is proceeding as planned and will continue until all the stated objectives are achieved.
Regarding the Russia-Ukraine negotiations, Putin said that Kyiv had "deviates" from the consensus reached during the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, and the Russia-Ukraine negotiations had reached a deadlock.
He noted that he had been informed that the negotiating position of the Ukrainian side had changed.
Putin also expressed his gratitude to Belarus for providing a venue for Russia-Ukraine negotiations on many occasions, and pointed out that Belarus is a suitable place for Russia and Ukraine to continue contacts.
Regarding the necessity of military operations in Ukraine, Putin said that conflict with the forces cultivated by the West in Ukraine, Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and neo-Nazis is inevitable, and it is only a matter of time.
"We will not allow them to do this. That is the logic of our actions." Lukashenko agreed.
Regarding the impact of Western sanctions, Putin said that the West has implemented an economic "blitzkrieg" against Russia, but it has not been successful.
Russia's economic and financial system stands firm, and its industrial and energy sectors are developing rapidly.
Lukashenko said the sanctions would not force policy changes in Moscow and Minsk.
Both presidents said the West's attempt to isolate Russia and Belarus would not succeed.
Putin stressed that Russia-Belarus cooperation is developing smoothly.
Under the situation that the West has launched comprehensive sanctions against Russia and Belarus, it is very important to strengthen the integration process of the Russia-Belarus Union, and the two countries should continue to deepen cooperation.
Russia will continue to offer Belarus preferential oil and natural gas prices.
In terms of space exploration, Putin said that despite facing external pressure, Russia will unremittingly implement all established plans in the space field, including the implementation of the lunar exploration plan.
Russia plans to launch the Luna-25 probe from the Vostok Cosmodrome in August this year.
Putin also said that Russia and Belarus will continue to strengthen cooperation in the space field.
Lukashenko said that Belarus and Russia have always maintained unity and are determined to continue to strengthen the unity and cooperation between the two sides.
He thanked the Russian side for inviting Belarusian builders to participate in the construction of the Vostok Cosmodrome facilities.
Lukashenko emphasized that the two governments have prepared a comprehensive package of measures to overcome the pressure of sanctions, support the economy, and develop cooperation, the most important of which are import substitution, reconfiguring supply chains and shifting to new foreign economic cooperation mechanisms.
He said that in response to the current problems, a brand-new economic development strategy must be formulated for the long-term building of alliance countries.
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