“They won’t rust behind us,” BelTA quotes the head of state.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Roskosmos to organize the flight into space of representatives of Belarus on a domestic ship.

During Putin's visit to Blagoveshchensk, he, together with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, got acquainted with the progress of work at the Vostochny cosmodrome.

Following the results of subsequent talks between the presidents, a joint press conference is planned.