the television news agency begins informational friday morning, in the studio olga kalairova, hello, look at the issue.

the focus is on the entire complex of bilateral relations; the president will hold negotiations with his russian counterpart. vladimir putin arrived on an official visit. when pressure did not work, sanctions came in, the united states introduced a policy of visa restrictions against georgia due to the adoption of the law on foreign agents. detentions and criminal cases for freedom of speech protests continue at universities in the usa and germany. official visit to belarus vladimir putin arrived. the russian leader's board landed in minsk late the night before. our president met his colleague at the national airport. relations between belarus. russia is of

a strategic nature, there is close interaction between countries in a variety of areas, and it is the presidents who set the tone for cooperation. at the meeting at the airport, the leaders confirmed that they intend to discuss security issues first of all, and continue the dialogue on economic issues with the participation of members of the people's government republics, i was driving like this and i thought, the tradition has developed that we always don’t have time to start negotiations during the day, we’ll do everything until midnight, well, i think it’s no big deal.

thank you very much, thank you for the opportunity to come in the evening, to talk informally, to communicate. after negotiations with our arab friends, i had such a big meeting with members of the government, they talked about my visit to you, practically in these areas we went over industrial cooperation, energy, and agriculture.

today is the main day of alexander lukashenko’s visit, he will hold several rounds of negotiations with vladimir putin. the meeting of heads of state will take place at the palace of independence, first in a narrow format and then in an expanded format. the parties are expected to discuss the state and prospects for the development of the entire complex of belarusian-russian relations. integration agenda and implementation of decisions adopted by the supreme state council of the union state, political dialogue, promotion of joint trade, economic and cooperation projects, strengthening security. interaction in the humanitarian

sphere. the focus will also traditionally be on the international agenda, the situation in the region, and a joint response to emerging threats and challenges. the president focuses on the further development of the armed forces, taking into account the lessons of military operations in ukraine; alexander lukashenko set the corresponding task the day before when appointing the chief of the general staff of the first deputy minister of defense of belarus. the new head of the general staff, major general pavel muraveika. today everyone is accepted in the country fateful decisions that ensure the functioning of the state’s military organization in difficult conditions. the task of the general staff, according to muraveyk, is objective. assess the situation and make timely adjustments, making the security system more flexible and tenacious to modern challenges. let's aim to develop the armed forces as we have done so far. i study everything.