“We discussed urgent tasks to expand Russian-Belarusian trade and economic cooperation in the context of economic sanctions imposed by unfriendly states,” the Russian Cabinet of Ministers said in a statement.
It is noted that the parties paid special attention to the implementation of projects in the field of energy, industry and transport infrastructure.
In addition, the course of integration in the Union State was considered.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said earlier that the Belarusian side says goodbye to Western sanctions.
The head of the Ministry of Economy of the republic, Alexander Chervyakov, on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel, said that Minsk and Moscow, against the backdrop of Western sanctions, are developing joint projects of import-substituting industries, they should be presented in April.