He noted that at a meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, they talked about future plans in the context of developing bilateral contacts between Moscow and Minsk at the government level, through the parliamentary line.

“We will expand our consular presence in the Republic of Belarus, we will open a consulate general in Grodno,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to him, the Belarusian side will also transform the branches of its embassies in some cities of Russia into general consulates.

On June 25, during a meeting with Lukashenka, Putin announced that issues on the Union State had been agreed.